Valdes has the jump and hang time of Foluke. It's nuts. At 183cm and athletic af it doesn't matter where she is on court, she just runs and jumps and hangs out in the air until the ball comes her way. You can watch yesterday's match here. It was a fine battle the first two sets. Furukawa took the first one, Hitachi the second. Then Hitachi got tired and Furukawa walked away with it.
Hitachi #2, (I think her name is Aika Ishizaki) is a little squirt at 171cm but she packs a wallop (and she's a super happy camper!). I really thought Hitachi might send Furukawa home. They were digging Valdes and Ishizaki was landing them. But being so short Ishizaki was more prone to getting blocked. When Ishizaki went to the back row (no back attack from her) the other OH, who's actually pretty good too, failed. Hitting errors galore.
Hitachi had a tough match the day before and you could see them getting tired. Making lazy mistakes. Furukawa didn't play in the first round so they were fresh.
Wait sportsbull is streaming for free? I need to catch up
Who's the little giant they're talking about?