Rebisco PSL Manila managed to stir up the hornet’s nest in the first set, but Hisamitsu Springs of Japan got back hard to fashion out a 25-17, 25-10, 25-14 victory at the start of the Asian Women’s Club Championships Thursday at the Boris Alexandrov Sports Palace in Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan.

Jaja Santiago scored 16 points in trying to power the Filipinas who were taking on the two-time champion Japanese club right on their first tune-up game as a core of the Philippine squad.

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