It was a challenging Sunday in Tokyo as three of the USA’s finest teams went down in defeat, one after another.
First Kelly Claes and Sarah Sponcil lost their first quarterfinal to Canadians Heather Bansley and Brandie Wilkerson, then Phil Dalhausser and Nick Lucena fell to Qataris Ahmed Tijan and Cherif Samba. Finally, the USA men were eliminated from contention by Argentina in the final match of the day.
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Arman Salehi high fives with Javad Karimisouchelmaei/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Argentina’s Luciano de Cecco sets a high pass
Micah Christenson celebrates/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Javad Karimsouchelmaei takes a spike in the arm/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Coaching is a dangerous professio: Argentina’s Marcelo Mendez gets knocked down by one of his players/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Brandie Wilkerson celebrates with Heather Bansley/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
TJ DeFalco tools the Argentinian block/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Kelly Claes goes with the lefty pokey shot/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Ahmed Tijan acknowledges Cherif Samba’s block/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Sarah Sponcil reaches for a dig/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Japan’s Taishi Onodera saves a pass before crashing into the banners/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Sarah Sponcil makes a hustle play/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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