Volleyballersi beaten
NZPA-AAP Melbourne Chinese Taipei assumed early favouritism for the women’s title after downing New Zealand in the opening match of the world volleyball championship qualifying tournament at Melbourne’s Sports -and Entertainment Centre yesterday. The Taipei women turned on precision ball handling and power spiking to sweep to a 15-4, ,15-11, 15-2 victory.
The second set was marked by a New Zealand revival and the Kiwis forced a Taipei timeout at 0-4. \ The New Zealanders continued ;to block the Taipei spikers and ran to a 10-6 lead. However, Taipei adjusted its attack and began to outsmart the New Zealand block with some fast combinations. New Zealand’s resistance was broken and the side subthe third set 15-2..
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