China fashioned out a 25-12, 25-6, 29-31, 21-25, 15-12 victory over Vietnam to seize the solo lead in Pool A of the AVC Cup for Women Monday at the Philsports Arena.
Zhou Yetong dropped 27 points, Zhuang Yushan contributed 21 kills, while Wu Mengjie and Hu Mingyuan also played big for the Chinese with 17 and 16 points, respectively.
Yielding a two-set lead and a 9-5 lead in decider, the five-time champions regained composure in the endgame to improve to 2-0 in the group.
The Vietnamese, who displayed tremendous composure in the third to extend, dropped to 1-1.
With their dominant attacking and blocking, China held Vietnam to a combined 18 points in the first two sets.
Hu and Zhou combined for eight of the Chinese’s 12 blocks, and outhit their Vietnamese rivals, 72-50.
Thi Nhu Quynh Vi led Vietnam with 14 points, while Thi Thanh Thuy Tran and Thi Nguyet Anh Pham each had 13 points.
China will face the Philippines, which gave Vietnam fits before dropping a 19-25, 17-25, 29-31 decision in the Pool A opener, at 7 p.m. on Tuesday.
On the same day, Vietnam will take on Iran at 4 p.m.
