China 🇨🇳 vs. Türkiye 🇹🇷 - Highlights | Week 1 | Women's VNL 2025

There's Turkiye Black serving, China in red receiving, it's the last match of week one of the Women's Volleyball Nations League here in Beijing, China. The National Indoor Stadium break point start, Turkiye. Aladeen will try and take as much as she can, and takes all of it. Great pick up, Wong Hun Chye, chases on, good effort, great loving it, and now there's a real swing chance here for China. Nowhere for Wong Hun Chye to go, still nowhere to go, what a block from Chye, what a point. Great defensive positioning by China, not able to get the ball exactly where they want to play really fast and aggressive until the last moment. Good up, not much that Turkiye could do in trying to have an attack, now there's a better opportunity. Well the block says no for the moment, and again, now there's a chance for China, for the set, and they've done it, a captain gets it off the block, and Gong Xiangyu wraps it all up, 25-19, China takes set one. China, they play a patient game. The discipline is really good, they create quality contact in defense, and allow Zhang to run the offense with aggression. Away we go, set number two, China leading by one set to nothing, and that's overreaching from Wong Hun Chye, got a touch from Sahin, with a better touch from Wong Hun Chye, and a super block from Kalach, that had just about everything in that rally. Finally the cross-court attack from Turkiye. Fabulous, away we go with set number three, it is honors even here at the National Indoor Stadium in Beijing, China. Great pickup, free ball though coming for Turkiye, and they will have a break point opener, lovely touch, and that swing chance here for Baladin, she goes after it but it's kept in play by Wong Hun Chye, another opportunity for Baladin, China scrambling, Wong Hun Chye with a super spike, she takes just a fraction off the power but creates a brilliant angle, it's a little bit too much, and says thank you very much, I'll take that. One side out needed for Turkiye, Baladin, no good, in fact it was Sahin who had the swing, what a block, looking for touches, they're gonna have to challenge it, is it gonna be that? That's not caught anyone. Wong Hun Chye with the serve, there's gonna be a swing for the set, good up Baladin, a swing to stay in the set, not taken, for the set, oh my goodness, someone's gonna win this point but who's gonna win the set, it's off China, take the set, 31-29. China with the serve, Xiong Xishun, China leading by two sets to one, good start, that's a really good swing from Houston through the middle, 21-19, China up by two, as we're right into the business end here and that's caught, anyone know, says the referee. No touch, trouble for Turkiye, Erkek to keep him in it, better chance now actually, good recycle, that's fabulous, isn't it amazing, like you're in a really, a real spot of bother, but one good recycle and now you've got a much better chance. Side out is the order of the day here for China, it's gonna be done the hard way, has to go wide, couple of blockers waiting, good save by Shahin, Karatasu gets the hands, keeps them in it, 22-24. No, Walach goes full commit, oh yes, Baladine comes in, last chance for China to get this done from passing, Gong Xiangyu, no, Walach strikes, it's 24-24 and this game is far from over. All that does is give us a really good view of what is a fantastic block, another chance to see, rotation one for Turkey, not an easy one to get out of. Gong Xiangyu's serve, oh easily recycled, Baladine, what a block out from her, that was an incredible swing, oh it's bobbling around all over the place, there's a swing for it, Karatasu, she's done it, she's done it, we are going five, this is an incredible match here in Beijing. Tsukiye with the serve, first to 15 to take the match, side out start for China. And Gong on the right side or center of the court, well it's such a good serve to take China out, being able to have a full swing, but then everyone just caught standing for the first time for Tsukiye, oh dear, that's an unforced error, Wu Mengjie, a rare error, amazing, and no touches, and they are still in it, China, it tore the block, three chances to do it, as good a ball as any, two goes at it for Houston, doesn't work, Sahin, she can't find the floor, Wu Mengjie, she can't find the floor, three ball now China, Wu Mengjie again, now a swing chance for the match, oh she's not got any fingers, I don't believe it, but they're gonna challenge for it, yes, yes, what's that finger doing, what's that finger doing, that fingers, well maybe it's just a trick of the light, or the shadow of the ball, that's a good ball-ish, that will do it, Eker gets the block out, the celebrations can begin, Tsukiye are undefeated in week one of the volleyball nation's league, it is the perfect start for Santorelli and his team.