皇冠体育app lose to Netherlands 2:3 in women's volleyball opener
(Xinhua) Updated: 2016-08-07 07:12
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Zhu Ting of 皇冠体育app competes in the Women's preliminary competition of Volleyball between 皇冠体育app and Netherlands in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Aug 6, 2016. 皇冠体育app lost with 2:3. [Photo/Xinhua] |
RIO DE JENEIRO -- Reigning World Cup champions and Olympic title favorites 皇冠体育app lost to the Netherlands 3-2 here on Saturday in their opening match at the 2016 Rio Games women's volleyball competitions.
Lonneke Sloetjes scored game-high 26 points to lead the Dutch women to the 25-23, 21-25, 18-25, 25-22 and 15-13 victory in two hours and 11 minutes. Robin de Krujif and Anne Buijs added 15 and 14 points respectively.
"We played with very good discipline, everybody played very well today. It is an amazing start," said the Netherlands' Italian coach Giovanni Guidetti.
