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Favourites show their might at Day 1 of Men’s Club World Champs in Betim
- Updated: October 19, 2016
Betim, Brazil, October 18, 2016 – Tuesday was over in the blink of an eye as all three matches of FIVB Men’s Club World Championship Betim 2016 opening day finished in straight sets, with current medal holders Sada Cruzeiro from Brasil, Russia’s Zenit Kazan and UPCN from Argentina emerging as solid winners.
In a very hot day in Betim, the court got even hotter from the very first serve, with European champions Zenit Kazan taking things very seriously against debutants Tala’ea El-Geish from Egypt. There was absolutely no room for surprises as Kazan used all of their aces to nail this Pool A game – Maxim Mikhaylov, Wilfredo León and Matthew Anderson led the constellation of stars at a super-solid win by three-nil.
On the next shift, UPCN survived a close first set against host Minas Tenis Clube from Brazil, just by 25-22. To those who say what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, Argentinean champions proved them right as they swept away Minas from the court, easily wrapping up the match in the next two chapters.
Finally, it was the time of what local fans have been waiting for – Sada Cruzeiro jumping on court to face Taichung Bank from Chinese Taipei, in their first test of their title …
