Ana Carolina da Silva leads Brazil with 13 points to the victory against the host.
In the second match of the first day USA won their tied opening game over Germany 3-1 thanks to a long breath. Adams Rachel helps out her team against Margareta Kozuch’s (18 points) Germans with 20 kills.
In the last match of the day Lang Ping’s national team celebrated after five sets against the young Russian team and gets the important opening victory.
Even though Russia’s Natalia Malykh scores 25 points, the Russians aren’t able to take advantage of this offensive power and get defeated by Zhu Ting’s (19 points) China.
Montreux Volley Masters
Qualification games – First day, 27th May
Brazil – Switzerland 3-0 (25-13, 25-20, 25-13)
USA – Germany 3-1 (22-25, 25-20, 25-23, 25-21)
China – Russia 3:2 (25-22, 23-25, 16-25, 25-18, 15-9)
Second day – 28th May
Germany-Dominican Republic (16:30)
Brazil-China (18:30)
USA-Japan (21:00)
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