China Beats US at World Women's Volleyball GP

China Beats US at World Women's Volleyball GP

Asian champion China stormed back from one game down to overwhelm the United States 3-1 here on Saturday at the 2000 World Women's Volleyball Grand Prix China's Macao Leg.

The scores are 25-27, 25-15, 25-16 and 25-21.

"The Americans are making progress," said Chinese head coach Hu Jin.

Hu explained that China lost the first game was mainly due to its being too eager to win.

On the chances to beat China in the coming Olympics, Treinador Principal, head coach of the US team said it would pick a right time.

The Americans opened a flying start by leading at 8-7 in the first game, but after the first technical time-out, the Chinese spikers found their defending and attacking rhythm, collecting five points in a row and enlarging the advantage to 20-10.

But the fighting Americans stormed back to catch up and level the score at 23-all with powerful spikes and solid blocks. After saving one game point, the Chinese lost the set at 27-25.

Leading at 21-12 in the second game, China was again tested but this time they did not repeat the defense errors occurred in the first. Some sound defense allowed them to make a lot of fast attacks that the Americans could not cope with.

The Chinese took the second at 25-15.

The Chinese kept their winning rhythm with delicate attacks and firm defense, sealing the match 25-16 and 25-20 in 90 minutes.

In another match on Saturday, three-time winner Brazil showed its superiority of attacking and blocking, finishing the match 37-35, 25-18, 25-21 over the Japanese.

With two wins against no loss, China and Brazil are going to vie for the title of the leg on Sunday.