Holders Australia stayed atop their group by posting their second straight victory, defeating Spain 3-0 at the Kyocera Stadium.
Spainu00c3u00a2u00c2u0080u00c2u0099s Xavier Lleonart (left) vies for the ball with Australia's Simon Orchard during their World Cup match yesterday. Pic/AFP
Holders Australia stayed atop their group by posting their second straight victory, defeating Spain 3-0 at the Kyocera Stadium.
Spain’s Xavier Lleonart (left) vies for the ball with Australia's Simon Orchard during their World Cup match yesterday. Pic/AFP
Two early goals put the Australians in a commanding position from which the Spaniards could not dislodge them. Spain have just one point from two games after holding England to a 1-1 draw on Saturday.
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Timothy Deavin opened the scoring for Australia in the second minute in open play and captain Mark Knowles increased the lead in the 10th minute by deftly flicking in a penalty stroke.
Spain's defenders then held on against repeated raids and created a few openings themselves before Australia rounded off the scoring in the 33rd minute on a penalty corner conversion by Kieran Govers.
Oz women win too
Meanwhile, in the women's section Australia defeated Japan 3-2 in a keenly-contested match to register their second successive victory in Group A. It was Japan who opened the scoring with Yuri Nagai surprising the Australian defence.
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