The Chinese women's volleyball team defeated Serbia 3-1 in the World League, and the Brazilian station ended with 3 wins and 1 loss in the first week

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2024-05-19 02:53Posted in Beijing Sports Creator

In the early morning of May 19, Beijing time, the 2024 World Women's Volleyball League Rio de Janeiro, Brazil entered the 5th match day. Facing Serbia, which did not send the strongest team to play, the Chinese team, which used Wang Yunrui and Li Yingying to partner in the main attack, stabilized their emotions in time after losing the first game, and won three games in a row 3-1, ending the competition in Brazil in the first week of the World League with a score of 3 wins and 1 loss and 9 points, with the scores of 21-25, 25-15, 25-18 and 25-18 in the four games.

Competition Highlights:

1. Since the 2018 World Women's Volleyball Grand Prix was upgraded to the World League, the Chinese and Serbian women's volleyball teams have met 4 times in this event, and the Chinese team is at a disadvantage with 1 win and 3 losses. After defeating Serbia 3-1 today, the Chinese women's volleyball team avoided 3 consecutive defeats against Serbia in the World League, and the record against Serbia in the event was also rewritten to 2 wins and 3 losses.

2. This is the third time that the top two teams of China and Cyprus have met in the Paris Olympic cycle. Last year, the two teams faced each other twice in the World League and the Olympic Championships, winning one game each. Today, the Chinese team won 3-1 in the World League, achieving two consecutive victories against Serbia. After winning Serbia, which is ranked higher than itself in the world, the Chinese women's volleyball team ended the journey of the first week of the World League in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil with a score of 3 wins and 1 loss and 9 points, and the world ranking score increased by 8.42 points.

3. China's main attacker Li Yingying scored a team-high 19 points. Serbia's Bijelica won the scoring title with 25 points.

Both starters:

Chinese women's volleyball team: main attack Li Yingying, Wang Yunrui, secondary attack Wang Yuanyuan, Yuan Xinyue, Gong Xiangyu, second setter Diao Linyu, free man Wang Mengjie

Serbian women's volleyball team: main attack Milenkovic and Lozo, secondary attack Kurtajic, Osmadzic, pick up Bijerika, second setter Mirkovic, libero Jegodic

Match Results:

As soon as the first game came up, China stuck in Mirkovic's service round, and Bijerica counterattacked effectively, and Serbia exceeded 4-0. Li Yingying blocked Bierica's smash and helped the team pass the round. Yuan Xinyue's fast attack and blocking the net made two contributions, and China chased it to 4-6. Although it was difficult for China to limit Bijelica's strong attack in the stalemate stage, Li Yingying and Wang Yuanyuan's attack was stable, and Lozzo smashed the ball out of bounds, and China was close to 9-10. Lozo attacked the wheel and Wang Yunrui's smash was blocked twice by Kurtagic, and the Serbian team scored three points in a row to take the lead 13-9.

Kurtadjic blocked Li Yingying's back attack, and China fell behind 10-14. Gong Xiangyu dropped the ball over the wheel, Li Yingying counterattacked, and Mirkovic hit the score in a row, and China chased it to 16-17, and the Serbian team stopped the decline of losing points with Bijerika's back attack. After Wang Yuanyuan served and wiped the net to score 19 draws, Serbia exceeded 21-19 through Bijerika's strong counterattack. Wang Yunrui adjusted the strong attack out of bounds, and China fell behind 20-23, and then sent two for three setters Ding Xia and Zheng Yixin. Milenkovic smashed the ball to win the game point, Li Yingying was blocked from attacking to give away the winning point, and the Chinese team lost 21-25 and folded for a while.

In the second game, China surpassed 3-1 with Gong Xiangyu's counterattack, and after a short hold, Wang Yuanyuan served and Gong Xiangyu successfully counterattacked again, and the score was stretched to 6-2. Gong Xiangyu's serve continued to put pressure on his opponent, and China led 9-3, and the Cypriots took advantage of Bijelica's back attack. Li Yingying's strong attack was blocked by Kurtajic, and Bijelica counterattacked, and the Serbian team chased it to 7-11. Bijelica countered with a lob and Serbia closed to 10-13.

The Serbian team, which fell behind 11-16, replaced the main attacker Ivanovic and scored two points in a row to chase it to 13-16, and China attacked the round through Wang Yunrui's adjustment. Li Yingying's strong attack was stable, Mirkovic's pass appeared one after another and touched the net, Gong Xiangyu counterattacked, substitute setter Mirjevic made a passing error, Diao Linyu served straight, and the Chinese team won 25-15 in one fell swoop.

In the third game, Wang Yunrui blocked Kurtajic's fastball, and China exceeded 3-1. Milenkovic forced a shot out of bounds and the Serbians were down 3-6. Wang Yuanyuan single-handedly blocked Lozo's breakthrough, China stretched the score to 11-6 on Li Yingying's serve, and Serbia switched to Ivanovic. Li Yingying missed a pass and let the opponent chase to 8-11. Wang Yuanyuan served straight, Yuan Xinyue grabbed the probe, and China led 14-8. Yuan Xinyue hit the ball over the net, Wang Yunrui and Yuan Xinyue's attacks were blocked by Kurtadzic one after another, and Ivanovic's strong counterattack hit, Serbia was close to 12-14.

Wang Yunrui hit out of bounds, and China only took a 16-15 lead. In the stalemate stage, Li Yingying single-handedly blocked Bijerika's smash to win a 3-point advantage. Li Yingying seized the opportunity to counterattack, and substitute Bougierridge forced out of bounds, and China extended its lead to 21-16. Gong Xiangyu hit the No. 2 position, and China won the game point 24-17. After Ivanovic forced the attack to get back one point, Gong Xiangyu made a final attack, and the Chinese team won 25-18, with a big score of 2-1.

In the fourth game, Serbia switched to Ivanovic and Lozo as the main attacker. Gong Xiangyu attacked well in the opening game, and China exceeded Li Yingying's serve 4-1. Gong Xiangyu blocked Lozo's smash, Wang Yunrui grabbed the counterattack, China stretched the score to 7-2, and Serbia adjusted the main attack to replace Lozo with Milenkovic. Diao Linyu blocked the net repeatedly, and China extended its lead to 12-6.

After the Cypriot team scored two points in a row, Li Yingying attacked steadily in the stalemate stage and helped the team lead 17-10. The Serbian team fought back strongly on Bijelica's serve to make it 13-17. After Yuan Xinyue quickly attacked the wheel and Gong Xiangyu served to break the attack, Wang Yunrui seized the opportunity of the probe, and China took the lead 19-13. After Milenkovic smashed the ball out of bounds, he failed to challenge the hitter, Gong Xiangyu successfully counterattacked, and China led 22-15 to establish the victory. After Milenkovic's strong attack was 18-24, Wang Yuanyuan scored quickly, and China won 25-18 and defeated Serbia 3-1.

Technical Statistics:

Chinese women's volleyball team: 19 points for the main attack Li Yingying, 18 points for Gong Xiangyu, 17 points for the secondary attack Wang Yuanyuan, 9 points for the main attack Wang Yunrui, 8 points for the secondary attack Yuan Xinyue, 4 points for the second setter Diao Linyu, and 1 point for the substitute Zheng Yixin

Serbian women's volleyball team: 25 points for Bijelica, 9 points for Milenkovic, 8 points for Kurtajic, 6 points for Osimatic, 6 points for Ivanovic as a substitute, 5 points for Lozo, 3 points for Mirkovic, and 2 points for Bugiric as a substitute

Results of other races:

The first week of the World League in Antalya, Turkey:

Poland beat Netherlands 3-0 (25-20, 26-24, 25-18)

France beat Bulgaria 3-1 (19-25, 25-21, 25-11, 29-27)

Italy beat Turkey 3-1 (25-27, 25-21, 25-21, 25-19)

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