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Tokyo, Japan,
August 20, 2009: Olympic champions Brazil
swept China
3-0 in the second match of the
second day of the FIVB World Grand Prix Final Round at Tokyo Metropolitan
Gymnasium on Thursday afternoon.
The seven-time Grand Prix
champions were much too fast and experienced for China, and sped to a 25-21,
25-20, 31-29 victory. But they had to save three set points in the third before
clinching on their fifth match ball.
With their latest success, Brazil improved their win-loss record to 2-0 and
dropped China,
the 2003 Grand Prix champions, to 0-2 with three games to play.
Press conference CHN Ming Xue, Qiuyue Wei and coach Bin Cai
Head Coach Cai Bin: Today
Brazil was too strong and their attack and receive worked well, and they had a
good rhythm. I saw Brazil-Russia yesterday and I think Brazil played
more constant than yesterday. Their spikes have a lot of variety and I feel
there is a difference between our team and Brazil. The players of China are still
young so I think we have potential to be better.
Captain Wei Qiuyue: We had
some chances to win (the third set), so I am very sorry to lose the game. It is
always difficult against Brazil,
so we practiced harder.
Xue Ming: Today we could not
play our style well, especially after serving and receiving we were lacking
attack power.
information and Photo from FIVB.com
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