China News Service, Beijing, August 28th. The 2022 Women's Volleyball Asian Cup will start the semi-final competition in the Philippines on the 28th.

After five hard fights, the Chinese women's volleyball team finally defeated the Thai team 3:2 and took the lead in advancing to the final.

Data map: Chinese women's volleyball team in the Asian Cup. Image source: Visual China

　　In this competition, the Chinese women's volleyball team did not send the main team of the first team, and the lineup was mainly composed of young players, aiming to train the team and accumulate experience.

In the previous games, the young players performed well and entered the semi-finals after winning five consecutive games.

　　In the semi-final, the opponent of the Chinese women's volleyball team is the traditional Asian powerhouse Thailand.

Except for a few players who are injured, the Thai team is competing in this tournament with the entire main lineup.

　　The starting lineup of the Chinese women's volleyball team in this campaign is mainly to attack Zhuang Yushan and Wu Mengjie, auxiliary attack Hu Mingyuan, Wang Wenhan, setter Xu Xiaoting, support Zhou Yetong, and freeman Xu Jianan.

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　　In the first game, the Chinese women's volleyball team was a little tight and not confident enough.

At the same time, he also made many mistakes, giving his opponent as many as 9 points.

At 25:19, the Thai team won the first game.

　　In the second game, the Chinese women's volleyball team strengthened their aggressiveness in serving and other links. Although there were also mistakes, they played proactively and gradually controlled the rhythm of the game.

At 25:20, the Chinese team equalized the score.

　　In the third game, the Chinese women's volleyball team played more freely. The strong attack, fast break and lob were repeatedly successful, and the points difference was quickly widened.

At 25:14, the Chinese team will overtake the game.

　　The Thai team, who had a last stand, launched a counterattack in the fourth game, and the Chinese women's volleyball team suffered a great test on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends.

At the end of the game, although the Chinese team once scored 5 points in a row to make the score close, it still regretted losing the fourth game with 23:25.

　　In the tiebreaker, high-quality serve helped the Chinese women's volleyball team take the lead.

Although the Thai team created a lot of threats, the Chinese team finally withstood the pressure and won 15:10.

　　The Asian Cup final will be held on the 29th. The Chinese team's opponent will be between the Japanese women's volleyball team and the Vietnamese women's volleyball team.

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