China off to a winning start at world champs

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China's libero Ren Qi played excellent defence in crucial moments of the match.

China opened their 2014 FIVB Men's World Championship campaign in the right track after defeating Egypt in four sets (25-20, 25-20, 23-25, 33-31) in the third day of the competition's Pool C in Gdansk on Monday.

China built up a 2-0 lead as their quickness outplayed the African side in the first two sets. China continued their momentum in the opening phase of the third set to take a 9-5 advantage. However, Egypt made a powerful comeback in the closing points of the set that a great defensive move by Mamdouh Abdelrehim closed the set to their favour 25-23.

The standoff in the fourth set went 30 minutes long but China gallantly held their ground to seal set and match victory.

China's Zhi Yuan smashed a tournament-high total of 31 points in four sets, narrowly missing an exact average of 8 points per set. For Egypt, Ahmed Elkotb uncorked 23 tallies having played a little over than two sets.

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