On May 16, Beijing time, the 2024 World Women's Volleyball League suffered consecutive upsets, first the world's No. 1 Turkey lost to Japan 2-3, and then the two-time world champion Serbia lost to Dominica 1-3.
Turkey did not play their best attack, especially the leader Vargas was in a sluggish state, the attack hit rate was low, and the Japanese team's attack was impressive, and they also relied on side attackers, especially Sarina Koga, highlighting the key offensive figures, the attack in the front and back rows was very clear, the whole attack was relatively scattered, and it also played the characteristic of the whole time - speed.
In the rush to attack and change the offensive techniques and tactics, Turkey is not very comfortable in blocking and defense, and Japan's star victory tasted the sweetness of the world No. 1 in the first test.
China's 3-0 win over South Korea only added 0.93 points, Japan defeated Turkey 3-2, soaring by 9.9 points, narrowing the gap with us to 16 points, while the United States women's volleyball team defeated Thailand 3-1, the United States is not the main force, and the performance of the Japanese team is a good stimulus for the Chinese women's volleyball team.
In the decider, Japan came back from 3-0 down to 10-5 to end a 22-game winning streak against the host and defending champions in front of 10,000 Turkish spectators.
No matter how good an attacker is, he needs a setter and a coach on the line. Vargas was too inefficient, with 37 shots, 9 shots, 4 turnovers, 3 blocks, 12 points, 24% and 5% double-doubles. It was only the 4th score for the side. Why? The second setter, Ozbay, always passed the tennis ball, and Santarelli made a two-point exchange for a three-point exchange. In addition, Güneş was not there, and the other secondary attacks would not play, leading 3-0 in the tiebreaker, but he kept making mistakes in front of the net and injured a Baladin.
Because Serbia does not have the main force, especially in the absence of Boskovic, the whole attack is relatively chaotic, the strong attack cannot be played, the counterattack is weak, and the tactical ball is even rarer, especially in the first two games, the performance is not ideal, and the Dominican Republic basically controls the rhythm of the game, and there are many mistakes, and the details are not handled well.
There were mistakes from the serve to the setter, and there were also errors in the rounds, and it was really chaotic on the court. The Dominican Republic, on the other hand, was very consistent, with a high first-shot percentage, winning two games in a row, 25-18 and 25-17.
In the third game, Serbia's state rebounded, gradually playing the attack, the rhythm on the court was relatively stable, and the mistakes were reduced, and the Dominican Republic was in chaos at the critical moment, and Serbia successfully won the game 25-21.
In the fourth game, Serbia did not play well at the beginning, and was quickly opened by the Dominican Republic, and it was more difficult to chase the score later, although the end of the game continued to chase the score, but there was no way back, the Dominican Republic had a guarantee of attack, and the key points also had an attack, and won the final game 25-20.
Coach Gudety was very disappointed and angry, shaking his head constantly, clearly unhappy with the performance of his players. Dominica's progress is obvious, last year's two wins over the Chinese women's volleyball team, they not only have to attack, the first pass, the second pass is very stable, and the small ball tandem is obviously better than before.
The offense had a clear advantage of 57-40 in this game and was the most important part of the victory. Pena scored 18 points, B Martinez 17 and L Gonzalez 17.
The United States defeated Thailand 3-1, Thailand played well in the second game, but unfortunately the third game fell too fast, completely one-sided, and was blasted out by the United States 25-12, the biggest gap is 12-1 in the blocking, Thailand only has one blocking score, M Skinnell scored 19 points, Franty 14 points, the main force of the United States basically did not go on, Thailand's Pimpichaya: 14 points, Cha Chuang: 13 points.