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China wins opener in volleyball
(crienglish.com)
Updated: 2005-05-25 08:05 The host China eased past the
Netherlands 25-20, 25-13 and 25-22 in Group A for its opening win at the
Shenzhou Cup International Women's Volleyball Tournament in southeast China's
Ningbo.
The Dutch women fought bravely against the Olympic and World Cup double
titlist in the first set and managed to stay within 21-20. However, the more
experienced Chinese ran off four points in a row to close the set at 25-20.
The Chinese women looked more comfortable in the second set as they prevailed
for a 25-13 victory. And in the final set, China rotated its players, but still
met no real challenge from the opponents.
China recruited several young players after winning the gold medal at the
Athens Olympic Games and Ma Yunwen, Xue Ming, Wang Ting and Zhao Yun made their
international debut in the match. However, Zhao Ruirui is still in the injury
list.
Seven teams are competing in two groups of the preliminaries with top two
teams from each group to qualify for the semi-finals.
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