China sweeps Chinese Taipei in 2012 FIVB Women’s World Grand Prix match – Volleyball news
The second round of the 2012 FIVB Women’s World Grand Prix started off on June 15, 2012 with some of the matches being held in Foshan, China.
One of the matches saw the home team clash with Chinese Taipei which resulted in China extending their winning streak by making a clean sweep over their opponents.
Not only did China win the match in three straight sets, they were able to do so by maintaining their superiority in each of the frames. The score board showed the following final set scores: 25-13, 25-17 and 25-19.
The home team coach, Yu Juemin, expressed his satisfaction with the outcome of the match in the following manner, “Chinese Taipei is a team that has strong features. Their defence is excellent. In our team there are some young players, they should learn
from Chinese Taipei. Today our team’s attack and block are good, so we win the match.”
On the other hand, the Chinese Taipei coach, Norimasa Sakakuchi, gave the following comments at the press conference conducted after the match had reached its close, “Compared with China our block and attack are too weak. China are so strong and experienced,
and we have to learn more from China.”
The home team was able to get the lead early on in the first set and speed to the first technical time out with an advantage of 8-3. The Chinese Taipei fell to making errors, particularly in the service area that made it easier for China to move on to the
second technical time out with a lead of 16-9. It was only a matter of time before China was able to secure the opening set at 25-13.
The second set saw the Chinese Taipei step up their game and take the lead at 5-2. However, China did not let go of the chase and managed to pull up ahead and secure the set at 25-17. The third set started off with the Chinese lead early on at 4-0 and they
stuck to the advantage till the second technical time out. The Chinese Taipei could not manage to swing the match in their favour as the Chinese bagged the frame at 25-19.
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