Serbia beat Tunisia to stay on winning track at FIVB World Championships

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WARSAW, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- Serbia men's volleyball team remain unbeatable at the 2022 FIVB Volleyball World Championship as they outplayed Tunisia in straight sets 29-27, 25-15, 25-17 in Katowice, Poland on Wednesday.

Coach Igor Kolakovic's side finished the preliminary phase with a perfect record as they took three consecutive victories without losing a set. On Wednesday the Serbian players were dominant in the clash against Tunisia.

The African team fought until the end just in the first set. Hamza Nagga made five killing spikes to add one point from the service area while the Tunisians had big problems with stopping Uros Kovacevic and Marko Podrascanin.

The team coached by Antonio Giacobbe were close to make a surprise in the first set but the favorites handled the pressure well. Marko Ivovic finished an attack, while Uros Kovacevic found an ace to make it 29-27.

Kovacevic finished the game as the top scorer in his team with 15 points, while Nagga delivered 12 for Tunisia.

Serbia won Pool A with 9 points followed by Ukraine, who won over Puerto Rico 3-1 (24-26, 25-19, 25-16, 25-19) in Spodek Arena on Wednesday evening. Enditem

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