World Women’s Volleyball League: Turkey knocks out Thailand to advance to semi-finals
2022-07-15 10:34:33Source: Xinhuanet
Xinhua News Agency, Ankara, July 14 (Reporters Liu Yang, Xiong Sihao) In the last quarter-final of the 2022 World Women’s Volleyball League Finals on the 14th, the host Turkey team won three games in a row after losing one game. , eliminated the Thailand team 3:1 and locked the last semi-final seat.
Turkey’s deputy attackers, captain Edda Erdem and collaborator Kara Kurt contributed a team-high 17 points, of which Erdem scored three direct serve and two blocks. Thailand’s main attacker Aye Charapong scored a game-high 21 points.
In the first game, the Turkish team started with 6:2. After that, there were many unforced errors. The Thai team chased the score to 16 and overtook the score to 23:21 through consecutive successful blocks. In the end, the host team made a serve error and lost the first game with 23:25.
In the second game, the Thai team started ahead, and the Turkish team scored a key point with the main attacker Paladin, helping the team to overtake 9:7. The Thai team subsequently made many mistakes, and the Turkish team extended the score to 19:11. Erdem’s two consecutive serve and direct scores extinguished the Thai team’s counterattack hope, and the Turkish team pulled one back with 25:15.
In the third game, the two sides clinched the score to 8 ties, and then the Turkish team played a wave of 4:0 offensive and entered a technical timeout. Since then, the Turkish team has always taken the initiative and won another victory at 25:18.
After the fourth game was tied at 13, the Turkish team once again broke the deadlock with a 4-0 attack wave to establish an advantage. When Turkey led 19:14, Thailand responded with a 4-0 counterattack to close the lead to one point. Karakurt steadied his position with a block, and Zehra, the deputy attacker, settled the score at 25:21 with a smash, securing the victory for the Turkish team.
Turkey’s setter Ozbay said after the game: “We started well in the first game, but then we struggled. In the second game, we adjusted our mentality and began to understand how our opponents attacked. It was not easy to play against Thailand. In the next game, we still have a lot to improve, especially in serving.”
The semi-finals will be played on the 16th, with Turkey against Italy and Serbia against Brazil.