Japan 🇯🇵 vs. Türkiye 🇹🇷 - Highlights | Men's World Championships 2025

And now the match will get underway. Berenhan Bulbul with the service. Good reception from Ran Takahashi. And here he is, Ran Takahashi. Change of hair colour. Hopefully it's a grower. Great serve. Nagumza. Now Mandiraja into the block. Onodera off to a flyer. Very good start for number two in the middle, wearing the black uniform. Onodera getting his head. Another good serve. But the pass in is good. Yeni Pizar. That is Nagumza. Can only find the hands. Lovely tip. But Nagumza's there. A well finished Mandiraja. And that's what he can do. In the outside hitter position, he'll play one rotation on the right side. Gonna find a way back. Yuki Ishikawa is gonna cause a lot of problems for my hearing. And he spends much longer at the net. Which he's not gonna do because Nagumza. Miura. Good first touch from Mirza Nagumza. Mandiraja. That is some angle from Mandiraja. Yeah, what a swing. Perfect angle for us to see it too. We watch. On we go. 9-10. Great service. Mandiraja. Levels at 10-10. Oh, he smoked one. What a serve right here. Great. For a one point lead. He was close then to a foot fault. But he has tested Japan to the max. And Miura offers up a free ball. This has to go down. It does. Or does it? Boys, you've got to play on because you can challenge it after the point. Do not stand there and get caught out. Look how close his foot was to the end line there. And then do what he does best and hammers that one. Serving a little shorter. Mandiraja. He has apologized there to Miura. Look, you're from USA. And, you know, you've played NCAA. Float there into Oya. It goes. Lagunja wins the point. But the question is, you talk there about Nishina and Miura. Could you imagine? You can tell it's serious because he did the fist bump, not the gun flex, you know. That's how you can judge the importance with Larry. And this is what Turkey need to do is take advantage of these physical from attacks. Good serve. First touch is good. The third touch, even better. That is Lagunja. 17-13 is a great position for Turkey. Yeah, they'll take it all day long and they'll take this too. Larry. Over on two. Well done. Miura. Can't find the floor. But these are positions Turkey don't want to find themselves in. Unless Mandiragic has got Benirhan running the foil. Yenifarzadeh sets over. What is happening? Nice pick up here from Oya to keep the ball off the floor. Mandiragic. Oh, he's close to the line there. But it's another ace. He is serving from another planet. Goes. And it is Oya starting the second set. Mandiragic receives. Oh, that is a clean backcourt attack from Mirza Lagunja. Benirhan. Oh, he's going to get an ace as well. It is all turning at Turkey. A little help from the net gets the job done. Well watched off the net. Oh, Matic. That was a little bit closer than he'd have liked. Run. Oh, Mandiragic puts that right on the tape. And Benirhan Bulbul does the rest. Second top scorer in the game as it stands for Japan. In nice and quick. Mirza Lagunja. He is dead eye today, isn't he? They're back level. Yenipazar. Ran was the target. Larry gets blocked by Matic. Test. Yenipazar. Ishikawa with the reception. Miyaura. Oh, a hand on that from Yenipazar. Yugsel. This will be a free ball. Mandiragic just about gets through Matic. Oh, my good. Ran Takahashi. Ran over. Whip through from Ran there. Got to have such shoulder flexibility. Matic. Short. Wow. Oh, yeah. What a position here for Turkey. Oh, wow. Oh, yeah. Had to have his wits about him. Ran. Brilliant. Oh, that's fantastic. With the top spinner, Yugsel. Lagunja. Well played, Ran. He was off balance. Miyaura straight into the block. But what defense. Free ball, though. Yenipazar. Oh, popped off the head of Oya. What a set from Oya as well. But now the opportunity is taken. Mandiragic from back court. This is huge. Miyaura, one big ace already. Keeps that one in play. Yenipazar. Out wide. The dig by Miyaura. Ran to stay in the set. Mandiragic. Lagunja. 2-0 Turkey. Turkey, two sets to the good. Service error to begin with. You know they're going to play, no matter how long the match goes, they're going to play at a high level. They've got to respond. They've got to play with some urgency now, though. Yenipazar. That's urgent enough. Larry gets one on Mandiragic. Good move. Good. How many of those do you see spit up off the net and get the lucky ace? Ran. Well played by Ishikawa. 8-7. Ishikawa. Byraktar with the first touch. Now a good block touch. These are the ones Japan have to put away. And these are the ones that Kenta Miyaura will put away. It must be the temptation when you're seven foot to think you can hit everything, everywhere, all the time. Ran's in. Now the chance for Ishikawa. Yenipazar. So one really good service run in this game. I thought he might pick up a lucky ace there, but no such luck for him. Oh, that's still in the air. Reaching beyond the net. And they lose the challenge. And the lead. Ran. But a poor touch. Six points away from putting themselves at the top of the tree in Pool G and then favourites to finish top of that tree. Yenipazar couldn't finish it. Ishikawa could. That's one point back. To their biggest win in a long, long time, Turkey. Ishikawa. That's up. Yenipazar with the first touch. Berirhan with the set. Mandiraci gets blocked by Larry. It's a float serve. A side out will do it for Turkey. And it is done. It is 12 on 12. It is Anis Lagumja on Ran Takahashi. It is all but silent here in the Araneta Coliseum because Turkey have put on a clinic against Japan to take it not just in three sets, but to take it comfortably in three sets.