Russia-China
The Chinese came to Montreux with a very young team -every player is 17 or 18 years old- and thus didn’t start as favourite. On the other side of the net, the new coach Yuri Marichev aims to bring a new style with faster plays and notably a three-person block.
The first set was very tied until Daria Isaeva made two aces towards the end and help the Russians close the score on 25-22. She came back on the next set with three new aces and deepened the score to 6-2. The Chinese will never be able to come back and lost the set 25-18.
After a good start in the third set, the Russians made too many mistakes and could not keep their advantage to finish the game. The Chinese were able to come back to 22-22 and finally close the set at 26-28 with a kill from Fangxu Yang. Russia came back strong in the fourth and last set, which they won quickly 25-15.
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