The bronze medalists from Rio 2016, the United States, achieved the third consecutive victory in the volleyball tournament of the Tokyo 2020 Games. The American girls literally defeated Turkey with 3-2 (25:19, 25:20, 17:25, 20:25, 15:12) in a more than two-hour match from Group B of the Tokyo Olympics.
Thus, the Americans are second in the standings in the group with 8 points after 3 wins in 3 games, behind Italy, which are at the top, but with 9 points. Both teams are already sure quarter-finalists in the tournament. Turkey is in 4th place with 1 win, 2 losses, and 4 points, keeping a real chance to move forward. In their last matches, the United States will play against the team of the Russian Olympic Committee, and Turkey will face the outsider Argentina. The matches are on Saturday (July 31).
Most valuable for the United States was Jordan Thompson with 18 points (2 blocks, 1 ace, and 44% efficiency in attack) for the victory. Captain Jordan Larson (2 blocks, 1 ace, 34% efficiency in attack, and 83% positive reception) and Haleigh Washington (5 blocks, 1 ace, and 50% efficiency in attack) reported another 15 and 13 points for success.
For the team of Turkey, the reserve Meryem Boz (2 blocks and 44% efficiency in attack) and Hande Baladin (2 blocks, 2 aces, 41% efficiency in attack, and 75% positive reception) scored 19 and 17 points, but also their efforts did not help to win.
