USA-vs-Turkey
Turkey took a little revenge on the USA for losing the last year’s final in their first VNL encounter since that epic match in which the USA came twice from behind in sets (from 0-1 and 1-2).
Turkey set a new national team record for the longest winning streak in a world-level major tournament (6) to stay at the top of the charts with a 9-1 record. The United States are fifth with a 7-3 record.
Ebrar Karakurt tallied 20 points for the winning side, while Jordan Thompson made 10 for the USA as the only double-digit player in her team.
China-vs-Poland
China have beaten Poland to win their eighth successive match in the 2019 VNL (8-2 record), sixth in a row in straight sets, leveling with Turkey who scored the same number of victories with a 3-0 scoreline.
Pool 16 hosts out-blocked rivals (13-4) with Hu Mingyuan and Yan Ni standing out in this element with 5 and 4 kill blocks, respectively. Zhu Ting top-scored for China with 13 points. Malwina Smarzek notched 17 for Poland (7-3) to stay at the top of the tournament’s top scorers list with 262 points. She is followed by Brayelin Martínez from the Dominican Republic (201 points).
2019 FIVB Women’s Volleyball Nations League, Week 4 – Day 1:
Pool 13 (Perugia, Italy):
Russia – South Korea, 17:00 C.E.T.
Italy – Bulgaria, 20:00 C.E.T.
Pool 14 (Stuttgart, Germany):
Belgium – Netherlands, 17:30 C.E.T.
Germany – Dominican Republic, 20:30 C.E.T.
Pool 15 (Tokyo, Japan):
Serbia – Thailand 0-3 (22-25, 23-25, 21-25)
Japan – Brazil 1-3 (17-25, 19-25, 25-20, 22-25)
Pool 16 (Jiangmen, China):
USA – Turkey 0-3 (15-25, 17-25, 25-27)
China – Poland 3-0 (25-12, 25-18, 25-22)
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