The princess Cup South East Asian Womens U-19 volleyball tournament started off in style in Wi Sommai arena in Sisaket province in Thailand as eight teams in two groups locked horns in the curtain raiser action on opening day.After a welcoming opening ceremony in presence of healthy young crowd the opening day action started with Vietnam locking horns against Malaysia.Vietnam showed their class with strong play as they blanked Malaysia 3-0 winning in straight set by 25-07,25-14 and 25-11 margin.
Next match was the showcase event of the day as hosts Thailand played against New Zealand and with the vocal crowd support Thailand blasted their way through winning the match by 25-12, 25-11 and 25-07 as the hosts gave no sniff to the Kiwi opponent. Thailand played strong both front and back of the court as they stretched the Kiwis to all parts of the court and showed good strong tactical play winning the match by a comfortable 3-0 margin.
In the third encounter another Asian team Indonesia came up strong against Australia as they beat the Aussies in another clean sweep of the day winning by 25-20, 25-15,25-14 margin.
In the last mach of the day Philippines overcame some late fightback from Singapore to win 3-0 as they thumped Singapore by 25-09, 25-14 and 25-23 margin. Philippines had it easy in the first two sets as they coasted to a 2-0 margin though they seemed to lost the plot in the third set making a few errors from play and serve allowing Singapore to give them a late scare finally scraping past by 25-23 margin to complete the clean sweep in three sets.
In tomorrows encounter, Malaysia will face off against Australia, Vietnam face Indonesia,Philippines against New Zealand and Singapore are pitted against host Thailand.
Next match was the showcase event of the day as hosts Thailand played against New Zealand and with the vocal crowd support Thailand blasted their way through winning the match by 25-12, 25-11 and 25-07 as the hosts gave no sniff to the Kiwi opponent. Thailand played strong both front and back of the court as they stretched the Kiwis to all parts of the court and showed good strong tactical play winning the match by a comfortable 3-0 margin.
In the third encounter another Asian team Indonesia came up strong against Australia as they beat the Aussies in another clean sweep of the day winning by 25-20, 25-15,25-14 margin.
In the last mach of the day Philippines overcame some late fightback from Singapore to win 3-0 as they thumped Singapore by 25-09, 25-14 and 25-23 margin. Philippines had it easy in the first two sets as they coasted to a 2-0 margin though they seemed to lost the plot in the third set making a few errors from play and serve allowing Singapore to give them a late scare finally scraping past by 25-23 margin to complete the clean sweep in three sets.
In tomorrows encounter, Malaysia will face off against Australia, Vietnam face Indonesia,Philippines against New Zealand and Singapore are pitted against host Thailand.
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