Defending champion China breezed pastChinese Taipei 3-0 in the semi-final
of the women's volleyball of Doha Asiad here on Sunday.
It took the Olympic and World Cup dual champion China less thanone hour to
wrap up the match 25-17, 25-13 and 25-17 with a superbdisplay of serve and
volley game.
The two teams have met in preliminaries when China beat ChineseTaipei in
straight sets.
Chinese Taipei, who is on high spirit after a hard 3-2 win overthe
much-taller Kazakhstan in semifinal, started the opening set strongly to take a
1-1, 2-2 tie with China.
However, China's ace spikers Wang Yimei and Xu Yunli broke the tie with fatal
spikes, helping the team take the lead from 8-3 to 24-15. Chinese Taipei saved
two set points, but their spiking error put them go down 17-25.
Chinese Taipei came back in the second set and took a 5-2, 6-3 lead but China
steadily held the advantage over the net and made it two to nil 25-13 with
powerful spike of Wang Yimei.
With two sets in hand, China totally crashed Chinese Taipei's hope and led at
8-3 in the third set. With a vigorously spike fromleft side of the net by Wang
Yimei, China won the semi-final 25-17in the set.
China will face the winner of the match between Japan and Thailand, which
will be held later on Sunday, in Tuesday's final.