Chennai,
India, June 25, 2005 – Tournament favourites China and India are
to meet in the final match of the third and final Asian second
round tournament - Asia Pool E of 2006 Men’s World Championships
after beating their second opponents here on Saturday. China and
India both have two wins from as many matches.
China, ranked 15th in the world, raced to their second
victory, outplaying world number 40 Indonesia 3-0 (25-16, 25-14,
25-17). Indonesia put up a good show against India in their
first match on Friday as its attack was quick and sharp but in
facing the taller and clever Chinese players, Indonesia was no
match. China’s spikers - especially Shen Qiong and Sui Shensheng
- jump served strongly, disturbing Indonesia's first pass and
that affected the Indonesian game. Tang Miao also served
superbly.
Meanwhile, India (26th in the world) also collected their
second victory with a 3-0 (28-26, 25-21, 25-18) win over world
number 37 Thailand.
Now India and China are set up for a title clash on Sunday to
decide the winner of the Final Round ticket in Japan. |
