Kunihiro Shimizu in match Japan - Australia

Captain Kunihiro Shimizu was best player for the home side, scoring 22 points as four of his teammates also scored double figures. Edgar Thomas top scored for the Australians with 19 in a match the whole team will want to forget. Shimizu said: "We played them in the Asian championships and lost. Edgar is their mainstay. We were able to pressure him and force him to make mistakes tonight. Our service and reception was good. When you lose like we did in the third set, how you start the next set is important. We united and rallied together".

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