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Asian Games: Indian women's team loses opening match in Volleyball

North Korea's Hyonju Kim emerged as the star performer, scoring a maximum of 30 points, while India's Soorya scored a maximum of 18 points in the match

Asian Games India Volleyball

Asian Games India Volleyball

Press Trust of India Hangzhou

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The Indian women's volleyball team started their campaign at the Asian Games on a disappointing note, losing 1-3 to North Korea in their opening match here on Saturday.

India won the first set but failed to continue the momentum and lost to North Korea 25-23, 22-25, 17-25, and 16-25 in a Pool A match that lasted one hour and 53 minutes at the Deqing Sports Centre in Gymnasium.

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North Korea's Hyonju Kim emerged as the star performer, scoring a maximum of 30 points, while India's Soorya scored a maximum of 18 points in the match.

 

India will face world no. 6 China in their next pool match on Sunday.

Indian men's team ended its campaign at the sixth place.

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First Published: Sep 30 2023 | 12:17 PM IST

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