TURKEY bowed down CHINA

Bronze medalist in 2012 FIVB World Grand Prix, Turkey, bowed down from the strong Chinese squad during the match yesterday.

The Chinese survived from the Turkish claws in a 5-setter game, (3-2), 19-25,  25-17, 25-20, 15-25, 15-10.

It was  very evident that the Turkish squad had a strong dominance in their opening set and easily swallowed the Chinese in 19-25. 

But the Asian powerhouse bounced back in the next two sets and outscored turkey in 25-17, 25-20 respectively.

Turkey was trying to snatch the match and bounced back in the 4th set, 15-25 and forced China to play the deciding set.

The Turkish tried their best to outsmart the Chinese but the latter was so unstoppable and sealed the match in 15-10 leaving Turkey another loss for this week's matches.

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BRAZILIAN POWER in MONTREUX VOLLEY MASTERS

The 2012 Olympic Champion, BRAZIL, remains powerful in Montreux Volley Masters 2013 in Montreux ,Switzerland.

As of the moment, Brazil won three matches in the tourney. First, they outsmarted the prepared Swiss team in 3 straight sets, 25-21, 25-23, 25-10. The squad defeated the young China in 3 sets, 25-19, 27-25, 25-23. And last night the strong ladies outdueled Russia in 3 sets, too, 25-14. 25-20, 25-23. 

This means that they are qualified in the Semifinals to be held on June 01. Whoever tops in Pool B will be the Brazilian opponent on Saturday.
 

MONTREUX VOLLEY MASTERS 2013

After it has been canceled last year (2012) due to the Summer Olympics in London, Montreux Volley Masters is back this year.

 The 2013 Montreux Volley Masters will be held in Montreux, Switzerland between May 28 – June 12 2013. Eight teams participated in this tournament.

Brazil, the 2012 Olympic Champ, as well as Russia, China and the host, Switzerland belongs to Pool A. Japan, (2011 MVM Champ, defending champ, Italy, Dominican Republic and Germany are in Pool B.