Asian Games 2014: India go down fighting in men’s volleyball quarters

But Japan got their acts together soon to drew parity by winning second set 25-19 in 23 minutes.

India once again restored their lead by winning the third set 25-23 before losing the next set 20-25 to take the match into the decider.

In the deciding set, it was a neck-and-neck fight between the two sides but in the end Japan held their nerves to win the set 15-13 and prevail over the Indians in the hard-fought quarterfinal duel that lasted an an hour and 53 minutes at the Songnim Gymnasium