- Women’s Volleyball Super Semifinals: First Shanghai and Tianjin
- 2023-01-03 14:30:07.0 Source: Xinhuanet
Author: Wang Jingyu, Huang Haoran
The semi-finals of the 2022-2023 Chinese Women’s Volleyball Super League kicked off on the 2nd in Shangrao, Jiangxi Province. The Shanghai team and the Tianjin team defeated the Shenzhen team and the Fujian team 3:1 and 3:0 respectively, taking the lead in the best-of-three match.
The Shanghai team, dominated by local players, defeated the Shenzhen team, which had 6 foreign players including Liberty, at 25:17, 17:25, 26:24 and 29:27.
Zhong Hui, the captain of the Shanghai team, made 25 of 46 deductions, plus 6 blocks and 1 direct score, scoring 32 points. Wang Yindi and foreign aid Brigio each contributed 16 points for the Shanghai team, while outside forwards Chen Houyu and Gao Yi scored 9 and 8 points respectively.
Azerbaijan’s foreign aide Aliyeva scored 20 points for the Shenzhen team, and Krisula and Xue Yizhi from Serbia scored 14 and 11 points respectively.
The defending champion Tianjin team defeated the Fujian team 25:14, 25:17 and 25:12, making it a 19-game winning streak. Foreign aid Vargas scored 23 points for the Tianjin team, Wang Yuanyuan and Li Yingying scored 11 and 9 points respectively. The Fujian team’s leading scorer was Zheng Yixin, who scored 13 points.
The second round of the semifinals will be played on the 3rd.
