Outside hitter Li Yingying had a game-high 22 factors to guide China previous the Czech Republic 25-19, 25-22, 27-25 to remain on high of Pool D on the FIVB Women’s World Championship.
ARNHEM, the Netherlands, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) — The Chinese ladies’s volleyball workforce claimed their fourth victory in as many video games on the FIVB World Championship on Friday, defeating the Czech Republic 25-19, 25-22, 27-25 to remain on high of the pool.
Chinese outdoors hitter Li Yingying had a game-high 22 factors, together with 9 from the third set and a successful level to wrap up their fourth straight-set victory for the two-time world champions.
“I made some errors in the second set, like three in a row, I have to learn from today,” mentioned the 22-year-old spiker. “It was our first match against a European team here. They are powerful, and their defense was very effective in the second set.”
Captain Yuan Xinyue was one other key participant within the win, as she led China to carry off a robust fightback from their Czech opponents within the second set, throughout which she swept 9 factors for a complete of 17.
The two sides exchanged the leads a number of instances earlier than tying at 22-22 within the second, after which Li and center blocker Yuan scored two factors to carry China to the set level, which was transformed by setter Diao Linyu.
“The Czech players raised their defense in the second set, and we didn’t deal with it well in the first half. But we were patient enough on the court to figure out how to cope with it,” mentioned the Rio Olympic champion Yuan. “As the captain, I told myself that I should take responsibility when the team was in trouble, and that’s what I did today.”
Czech reverse Gabriela Orvosova scored a team-high 20 factors, together with 18 from assaults. The world No. 22 workforce now ranks fifth within the pool, winless in 4 matches however successful a set from Brazil, which enabled them to sit down forward of backside workforce Colombia and hold their hopes for a spot within the subsequent section.
China will play South American powerhouse Brazil within the final pool match on Saturday, whereas the Czech Republic takes on Colombia. Japan will face Argentina on Sunday.
World No. 7 Japan bounced again from their loss to China to upset world No. 2 Brazil 25-22, 25-19, 17-25, 25-20 within the different pool D match on Friday. It was solely Japan’s fifteenth victory over the South American powerhouse of their 76 encounters at main world-level competitions.
Japan’s outdoors hitter Arisa Inoue, who captained the workforce within the absence of injured Sarina Koga, delivered a match-high 27 factors, together with three blocks and an ace. Her cross-court teammate Mayu Ishikawa added 18 factors, together with two aces. Kotona Hayashi spiked at a hit fee of 52 p.c and scored twice from serves to tally 16 factors, one in need of Brazil’s most prolific participant, outdoors hitter Priscila Daroit.