HANGZHOU, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) — China defeated South Korea within the ladies’s volleyball Pool E to assert the second straight victory and e-book a spot within the semifinals on the Hangzhou Asian Games on Wednesday.
It solely took the Chinese ladies’s volleyball workforce 22 minutes to take the primary set 25-12.
South Korea as soon as constructed a four-point lead in the midst of the second set, however China notched 4 factors in a row to erase the deficit, earlier than Wu Mengjie and Yuan Xinyue mixed to attain three factors to assist China seal the set at 25-21.
The host workforce maintained the momentum within the third set and securing the victory at 25-16.
Yuan took a game-high 12 factors whereas Gong Xiangyu, Wang Yuanyuan and Li Yingying every grabbed 11 factors. Kang Sohwi received the South Korea facet’s highest 9 factors.
“Although we got some tiny troubles on our receivings and attacking in the second set, but quickly we made some changes to solve it,” stated China’s head coach Cai Bin.
Elsewhere in Pool E, Vietnam overcame DPR Korea 3-1 (25-17, 25-20, 20-25, 25-22) and likewise superior into the final 4.
In Pool F actions, Japan and Thailand each secured their semifinal spots as Japan defeated Chinese Taipei 3-1 (25-15, 21-25, 25-18, 25-21) and Thailand smashed Kazakhstan 3-0 (25-18, 25-12, 25-11).