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USA and China hoping to take control of pool C
- Updated: August 8, 2016
Rio de Janeiro, August 8, 2016 – April Ross/Kerri Walsh Jennings of the United States are vying to take control of pool C as they battle China’s Fan Wang/Yuan Yue in the final match of day three. Both teams won their opening match, and the winner will almost be assured of advancing to the elimination stage.
Head to Head
April Ross/Kerri Walsh Jennings have won three out of the four meetings on the FIVB World Tour. The Americans won the first two meetings, both at the season-opening event in Fuzhou, a quarterfinal match in 2014, 21-17 and 21-18 and the bronze medal match in 2015, 13-21, 21-13, and 15-11 in 47 minutes. The Chinese got revent in the World Championships in July, 2015 by winning a round of 16 match, 21-19, 17-21, and 15-13 in 56 minutes. Ross/Walsh Jennings won the only meeting in 2016 at the Xiamen open in April, 21-12 and 21-15 in pool play.
Historically the #3 seed has won all three matches against the #15 seed in the Olympic Games, all in pool play. The last two Olympics required three sets, with the London (2012) match being the only set that the USA’s Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh Jennings lost during their three gold medal runs, 17-21, 21-8, 15-10 to Austrias Doris and Stephanie Schwaiger. The match in Athens (2004) was a straight-set, 21-13 and 21-14 victory by the higher seed.
April Ross/Kerri Walsh Jennings, United States, Seed #3, Pool C, 1-0, MAX Set Ratio, 1.5556 Point Ratio, Qualified 3rd with 6,670 Points in the 2015-16 Olympic qualification period
• April: June 20, 1982 (34y1m17d), 185 cm (6’1″), 76 kg (169 lbs.), Hometown Newport Beach, California 114th FIVB World Tour event (ranks 36th), 20 gold medals (ranks 8th), $979,175 career winnings (ranks 8th)
• Kerri: August 15, 1978 (37y11m22d), 188 cm (6’2″), 70 kg (155 lbs.), Hometown Santa Clara, California 115th FIVB World Tour event (ranks 34th), 54 gold medals (ranks 2nd), $1,409,170 career winnings, (ranks 3rd)
• April and Kerri have been playing together since 2013. They are playing in their 29th FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour tournament together, 10 gold medals (ranks 7th), $680,500 career winnings (ranks 17th).
• April has played in 54 FIVB World Tour final fours with 20 gold, 15 silver, 11 bronze medals and eight 4th place finishes.
• Kerri has played in 86 FIVB World Tour final fours with 54 gold, 18 silver, nine …
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