In a see-saw match, the Brazilians finally broke down the Dutch 25-18, 23-25, 23-25, 25-18, 15-9.

The Dutch are now 1-2 in the tournament.

Brazil generally looked comfortable in the first set although they did make a couple of basic defensive errors when the whole team stopped. The Dutch also blocked big gun Jaqueline Carvalho in the early stages.

But the Brazilians went on a mini-run from 5-5 to 9-5 and a bigger run from 9-7 to 16-9 thanks to a series of strong spikes from Carvalho, Sheilla Castro, Marianne Steinbrecher and Walewska Oliveira.

From then on, the Dutch couldn't find a way back and a good block from Oliveira and Castro finished things off.

The Brazilians took their momentum into the second set with more good spikes from the big hitters, but at 11-6 the wheels seem to come off as the Dutch won eight points in a row thanks to a combination of spikes, blocks and errors by Brazil.

The Brazilians brought their captain Fafao on to steady the ship and managed to pull back to 22-24 as the Dutch started to waver, but a huge spike at 24-23 by Manon Flier ended the Brazilians' resistance.

The third set started out close, but thanks to some brilliant Dutch defending, the Netherlands were able to pull away around the midpoint of the set.

Riette Fledderus started to put some big spikes down along with Caroline Wensink as the Dutch started to find good rhythm.

But their fragile side began to show towards the end and a series of errors allowed Brazil to bring the score back to 24-23.

But Chaine Staelens finished things off with a big crosscourt finish to end the set.

Apart from winning the first point, the Dutch were never in the fourth set.

They managed to close the gap to two points at 8-6 but after that were never in it.

Things didn't start out too good for the Dutch in the tiebreak set either.

Some brilliant blocking by Castro, Oliveira and Caroline Gattaz put the Dutch on the backfoot and some wayward play toward the end sealed their fate.

Flier served long to give the Brazilians matchpoint and a long spike by Alice Blom ended the match.