The Match When Yuji Nishida Became a LEGEND !!!

This next point's really big. Canada side out there at set point. If Japan take another one, they're breathing down Canada's necks. Big moment in this first set. Nishida sends another one in. Mars all over the place with that one. Tough take this. Yeah, now they can pick it up with Ishikawa. Well, Hogue's got under it, but they really are playing full-on defense here. Hogue goes for a massive swing, gets a touch, takes it to set point. That's a very important swing. That should get Canada over the line here. Fujii will come into set. Nishida will sit back down again. I suspect we'll see him at the start of the second set though. He may even come back if they side out here. Canada send that one too long and it just floated in the air there for Daniel Jansen Van Dorn. He tried to just drop it on the line. No, Nishida does not come back in, but Ishikawa's got a serve on him as well. Two points needed to extend this beyond 25 points for Japan. Here's the first of them and it's too long. First blood Canada. They were comfortable for most of that first set until the changes came and Japan had left it too late. Really sweating. There's got to be side out for Japan. They can't allow this to get any closer. Hogue goes for a big one again. Yanagida picks that up. Yamauchi picks that up and Shimizu rubs one off the block. They had a block there. Shimizu just too good for it. It's hard work this for Japan It's the 11th game out of 15 days for all these teams. It does take its toll. Tough to stay sharp and fresh. It's a beauty there and Shimizu. Hogue's done really well. Ma just has to push it. Shimizu picks that up and it'll go to Ishikawa who will send that on its And that should be it. Set point Japan. A specialist. Liberer might just have got under that. Not sure what they're going to do with it from there but Stephen Marshall gave it everything he had. Just couldn't quite get there. So it is set point but it's also time out Canada. Everybody It's Japan serving to the second set. Shimizu. Oh it's a beauty. Marshall couldn't get it. It's an ace. That's a beauty and they love it here in the green arena in Hiroshima. Japan have bounced back beautifully. Chasing early in the first set. They set the tone right at the start of the second set. Canada couldn't play catch-up any more than Japan could play catch-up in the first set. That's why we're level. One set apiece. So wholesale change is on court for Japan then a triple substitution. Tsubasa Hisahara serving at 23-21. Ma takes and a beautiful cross-court put away from Vernon. Still Canada tucked in but they're running out of time to get this point back. If this one is a side out. Japan are at set point. What can Vernon find here? It's into the net. It is set point. It's Haku Lee going back to serve. Lots of big blockers up there for Japan. Is this going to be a 2-1 Japan lead? Lee sends this one over. Nice take from Hogue. Got to be good from Ma. Kept up brilliantly. Can they push something here? Ishikawa denied. Where is that going to go? Yeah now they might be at a transition out here with Ishikawa. Vernon's kept it alive. Somehow Marshall sends it back side. That's a tricky one. Somehow it stayed alive from Ma. Marshall brilliant again. Hogue over to Ma and there's a whistle and there was an encroachment into the net there. So that's Canada's point. That's a big big anti-climax. Both teams had chances. Both teams played some outstanding defense there as well and that's typical Canada. They fight you for everything. You know for some rally with the anti-climax ending. Canada don't care about that. They've got to find a point right here on the Stephen Ma serve. They've been chasing and chasing and chasing after that early lead. They've hung close. Can they level it up? No it can't. Ma with the net. Japan take the third set. That was a grinding battle that went right down to the wire. But Japan ended up on the right side. Ishikawa, Sekita all coming in. That's been very warmly received and it's Yanagida one of the three that's going. Fujii gone as well and Shimizu. Well looking to try and go for the finish here. First they've got to get side out here Japan. Danny Demyanenko with a serve that could take Canada to set point. Tough take. This might be coming back. Ma it is. It's a beauty. Canada go to set point. Demyanenko gets it all wrong. But it's still set point. Isahara is not one of Japan's big servers. It's an easy take for Ma. Ma will look for the put away and gets it. What else did you expect? This is Canada. Five setters is what they do. They're going to do another one. Ma floats one over. Where does Sekita go? Backside. Nishida. Didn't have a lot of angle. But managed to thread it in. Picked up off the floor. Backside set. Nishida too good. Rubs it off the block. Hogue read it. Couldn't stop it. For Japan as they look to get in front. Shimizu's in there. On the front row to try and get a block. Oh it's a beauty. Nishida with an ace. Gonna bring it. We're talking about looking at bringing in Jason De Rocco I think. Well it's not happened and he's lost that one Hogue. That's back-to-back aces. Nishida. On his own. Nishida again and he's lost that one. Ma sends that off into the crowd. Three aces out of four. From wrapping this one up. It's another beauty. It's an ace again. Unbelievable from Eugene Nishida. Went straight after Barnes who rather stepped in. Another race. Here he goes. He has. He has. Unbelievable. Incredible. What a finish for Japan. What we all knew Eugene Nishida is a serious offensive weapon. Out of the bullpen. It's a team game but one man has made the difference in this one. 19 years old. He's gonna get better.