Post Match Press Conference Held in Kunshan Sports Centre (Aus-JPN)
Kunshan, China, June 16, 2017- Australia struggled a 3-2 (29-27, 18-25, 24-26, 25-21,15-9) tie-breaker win over Japan in the opening match of week 3 of Group 2 on Friday in Kunshan Sports Centre.
Australia captain Paul Carroll: We are happy to win, but this is not a perfect game for both sides. I think both sides wanted to win but lost many chances. We had a young setter today, this is his first time to start the game. We are happy about the performance in the fourth and fifth sets. Now we are looking forward to the game against China tomorrow.
Australia coach Mark Lebedew: I think Carroll said well, this is not a perfect game. I think last week we played better than today. But it is important that when we played not well, we kept fighting. We are fighting every chance to win. For this game, mentality is better than the quality.