Gabriela Braga Guimarães, nickname Gabi, (Belo Horizonte, May 19, 1994) is a Brazilian indoor volleyball player. She plays as an outside spiker. 2011 FIVB U18 World Championship – "Best Scorer" 2013 South American Club Championship – "Best Spiker" 2013 FIVB U20 World Championship – "Best Outside Spiker" 2015 South American Championship – "Most Valuable Player" 2015 South American Championship – "Best Outside Spiker" 2014–15 Brazilian Superliga – "Best Spiker" 2014–15 Brazilian Superliga – "Best Scorer" 2017 South American Club Championship – "Most Valuable Player" 2017 FIVB Club World Championship – "Best Outside Spiker" 2018 FIVB Club World Championship – "Best Outside Spiker" 2019 South American Club Championship – "Best Outside Spiker" 2018–19 Brazilian Superliga – "Best Outside Spiker" 2019 FIVB Nations League – "Best Outside Spiker"
________________________________________________________________ Zhu Ting (Chinese: 朱婷; pinyin: Zhū Tíng; born 29 November 1994) is a Chinese female volleyball player. She is the Outside Hitter and Captain of the Chinese women's volleyball national team. She played for Turkish club Vakıfbank Istanbul from 2016 to 2019, and currently plays for Tianjin Bohai Bank.
Zhu and the Chinese national team have won several gold medals in international competition, including in the 2016 Olympic Games and the 2019 World Cup. Since her debut in 2011, Zhu has received 13 MVP awards at all levels of competition, including the MVP award of Rio Olympic Games 2016. She is widely regarded as one of the best and most decorated indoor volleyball players of all time. She is also the highest paid professional volleyball player in the world, male or female, as of the 2018/2019 season.
2012 Asian Junior Championship "Most Valuable Player" 2012 Asian Junior Championship "Best Scorer" 2012 Asian Junior Championship "Best Spiker" 2013 FIVB Junior World Championship "Most Valuable Player" 2013 FIVB Junior World Championship "Best Outside Hitter" 2013 Montreux Volley Masters "Best Scorer" 2013 FIVB World Grand Prix "Best Outside Spiker" 2013 Asian Volleyball Championship "Best Spiker" 2014 FIVB World Championship "Best Scorer" 2014 FIVB World Championship "Best Outside Spiker" 2015 Asian Championship "Most Valuable Player" 2015 Asian Championship "Best Outside Spiker" 2015 FIVB World Cup "Most Valuable Player" 2016 Olympic Games "Most Valuable Player" 2016 Olympic Games "Best Outside Spiker" 2016 FIVB Club World Championship "Best Outside Spiker" 2016–17 Turkish League Regular Season "Best Outside Spiker" 2016–17 CEV Champions League "Most Valuable Player" 2017 FIVB Club World Championship "Best Outside Spiker" 2017 FIVB Club World Championship "Most Valuable Player" 2017 FIVB World Grand Prix "Best Outside Spiker" 2017 FIVB World Grand Champions Cup "Best Outside Spiker" 2017 FIVB World Grand Champions Cup "Most Valuable Player" 2017–18 Turkish Cup "Most Valuable Player" 2017–18 Turkish Volleyball League "Most Valuable Player" 2017–18 CEV Champions League "Best Outside Spikers" 2018 FIVB Volleyball Nations League "Best Outside Spiker" 2018 FIVB World Championship "Best Outside Spiker" 2018 FIVB Club World Championship "Best Outside Spiker" 2018 FIVB Club World Championship "Most Valuable Player" 2018–19 Turkish Volleyball League "Most Valuable Player" 2019 FIVB World Cup "Most Valuable Player" 2019 FIVB World Cup "Best Outsider Spiker" 2019–20 Chinese Volleyball League "Most Valuable Player" 2019–20 Chinese Volleyball League "Best Outside Spiker"
From the front court for as long as you can, but trying to respond.
Got to find nine points though in this opener.
And that just is not going to happen if Brazil keep playing volleyball like this.
Wonderful.
Everybody, how you run this one?
Free net.
Wonderful set.
Back to back victories against...
This time at world level, that would have happened.
The time out.
Guess who it is?
Gabi straight through the middle of Nishimura and Calakmuli.
Moves goes big.
Leia forced away from the net.
Gabi.
It's in.
Sport, but Gabi just has it in buckets full.
What a shot from the Lone Buster.
I would say it won it.
Best lead they've had in this match so far.
But response is immediate from Brazil.
In front of the setter, just the one blocker to beat.
Will be glad to get out of that rotation.
Keep an eye on it when she appears again.
Front court area.
Nice put away on the overpass by Gabi.
One of the best hitters in the tournament, efficiency wise.
Great pick up from Madrid.
Gabi just changes it up.
Gabi is that if she hits the first ball, cross court and she doesn't score.
Awaits Mara's serve.
Kara Kurtz back.
Gabi.
Hype.
The defence.
20 points.
18 from attack.
Roberto running the line.
Verspike once more on the number 10.
Kentucky take back-to-back world wins against Brazil for the first time.
Gabi, can anyone stop her?
Verspike once more.
The player who's been on a lethal form this week.
To serve.
Backcourt pipe.
Well saved by...
Really well saved by Mercedes.
Look at this, Gabi flying.
Reverse.
Cross court.
In as well.
Superb hitting.
Look at that.
Oh, there was no stopping that one, was there?
Yeah, Gabi.
She'll take that if Japan can get themselves back into this match.
Here they are protecting a lead of 8-6.
Gabi.
Now this one.
She held nothing back.
That's a kill.
It's Brazil opening up the early advantage here.
Pipe attack.
Watch out.
There goes Gabi.
She certainly knows how to wield terrific power.
One of the most authoritative spikers in the women's.
If they're able to get a few more here, that would really put the cat amongst the pigeons, potentially.
They've got an opportunity to get one.
And they've done it.
Poulter's tried to get all the way from four.
You look at Poulter, she's never going to get out there.
Ibugu needs to go out and become the outside blocker for that.
That's well done.
You don't get called for a double touch off the first touch, Kari.
It's a double touch, but it doesn't count.
So Brazil 8.
She could pull in.
In the block exploited by Gabi.
Is Gabi up to 15 points?
Big swing that time from Brazil.
Oh, that's a good swing.
Gabi taking that in rhythm.
Practically hitting that on the...
Going a little bit further into the air, but take it very quickly.
It's a really nice swing.
With ease at the moment.
And they've got a good line-up off the back here of Ding Jiao's serve.
A lot of Zhang Chunlei in the number 8 shirt watching on.
She was three taller players now in front court for the Dutch.
So Lisseta serves.
Oh dear me.
Super spike from Jouting.
Bikes.
19 attacking points.
So Baraka the service.
And that is just textbook execution.
Has to lead all scorers. Look at the height.
And then...
Yo.
No.
Let's take control.
And a pipe attack.
The highlight reel from Jouting.
Diving through on this one. Here we go again.
How many times have we seen that from Jouting now in the course of her career?
How many more times are we going to see it?
She does.
Big serve.
Great pass.
Jouting kills it.
Oh wow.
Oh!
Perfection.
Both sides of the net.
Great serve from Igonu but wonderful control from...
Silence in the Hong Kong Coliseum.
China serve with a three point advantage.
Oh wonderfully kept in.
Wonderful pick up by the Chinese.
Phenomenal.
So her teammates towering over her but they know just what she's done for them there.
Pushing really hard from the service line so we will get errors from Japan.
Oh that timing is just exquisite.
And everything just ended up in the right place at the right time.
Out in front but never up by more than two.
Jouting unable to create a steep angle.
A downward trajectory.
Need to stay in that zone if China hit back in this third set.
Did you mention hitting back?
Yes.
Wide and fast.
She's on three.
Very good.
Ting!
What a shot.
Well she'll open up this angle and she'll keep hitting it as long as there is just the one blocker there.
Ting!
Calicut!
Ting!
Oh wow!
What a great contest.
Court goes against Jouting and she slows her down.
And they get the transition play for a 92.9km kill.
Well, the serve, the bump, the set and the spike.
Absolute clockwork and when you've got a termination player like that out of the wing.
From the back line.
Changed her angle of service.
Beautiful pass from the libero.
And a beautiful kill from Jouting.
Cancelled out.
The limitations are there to stop basically all the tall players being in front court all the time.
Because that wouldn't be fun.
Welcome to the 2019 Volleyball Nations League.
Jouting, her first point.
It certainly won't be her last.
And as soon as that was heading in that direction.