Fabiana Claudino (on the right)
The 27-year-old plays her club Volleyball in Turkey with Fenerbahce, and said: “It’s going to be a very difficult and complicated match against Turkey.”
“We know them very well. We played against them in the last Grand Prix, we know how good they can be. We really hope that we are going to make a good result.”
Also in Pool B, China face Serbia in a clash that pits the world number threes against the European champions.
Host Nation Great Britain start up against world champions Russia. Also in Group A are Italy, considered by many to be title dark horses.
They have beaten tomorrow’s opponents the Dominican Republic on 14 of the 16 occasions they have met, but know they face a side who qualified by beating 2008 semi-finalists Cuba.
The USA get their campaign up and running against the Republic of Korea.
The play gets under way with Algeria taking on Japan. George Strumilo‘s Algeria are the lowest-ranked side after Great Britain, while Japan are fifth in the world.
