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2005 World Grand
Prix |
Final Round - Day Four
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Italy celebrates Valentina's
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 Sendai,
Japan, July 16, 2005 - One phrase said it
all. "Today is my day," said Italy's
Valentina Fiorin, who scored 23 points in
her side's emphatic 3-1 (25-18, 21-25,
32-30, 25-15) victory over Cuba to improve
their win-loss record to 3-0. Later on the
third day of the World Grand Prix Final
Round, Olympic champions China beat the
Netherlands 3-1 (21-25, 25-22, 25-20,
25-19), and defending champions Brazil
downed the hosts 3-1 (25-20, 25-27, 25-20,
25-22). This left Italy and Brazil both with
a 3-0 win-loss record, followed by Cuba,
China and Japan all on 1-2, and the Dutch at
the bottom on 0-3.
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Pic: Fiorin (front left) takes part in the
Italian celebrations
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Final Round
Day Three - Rest Day
Day Two
Day One
Special honour for
Italy
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Italy
beat Cuba 3-1 (25-18, 21-25, 32-30,
25-15) |
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Italy
win third straight as Cuba collapse |
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Sendai, Japan, July 16,
2005 - World champions Italy shocked Cuba 3-1 (25-18,
21-25, 32-30, 25-15) in the first match on the third day
of the World Grand Prix Final Round on Saturday to go
3-0 with two matches left to play. Last year's runner's
up are in inspirational form, heading towards a final
day showdown with Brazil for the title.
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China
beat
Netherlands
3-1 (21-25, 25-22, 25-20, 25-19) |
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China
end Netherlands' hopes with four-set win |
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Sendai, Japan, July 16, 2005 - Olympic
champions China kept alive their hopes of winning the World Grand
Prix title for only the second time when they recorded their first
win of the Final Round on Saturday after beating the Netherlands 3-1
(21-25, 25-22, 25-20, 25-19). World number one China now sit at 1-2
after three matches and will need to win their remaining two games
while hoping the leaders trip up to stay in title contention. For
the Netherlands, their hopes of claiming the title are over after
suffering their third successive defeat.
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Brazil beat Japan
3-1 (25-20, 25-27, 25-20, 25-22) |
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Brazil join Italy on top with third
straight victory |
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Sendai, Japan, July 16,
2005 - Defending champions Brazil have joined Italy at
the top of the 2005 World Grand Prix Final Round
standings with three wins from as many matches after
beating hosts Japan 3-1 (25-20, 25-27, 25-20, 25-22) in
the final match on Saturday. With two days still to go,
the finals are shaping up to be a two horse race between
Italy and Brazil but Japan, China and Cuba are still
just in contention.
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Photo of Final
Round
Day 4 |
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Eye on the ball - Zoila Barros serves for Cuba |
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Finals
Sendai, Japan
STARS
Scoring a point is something impossible for her as a libero, but it does not mean that Fabi is less important to Brazil having returned to the team after missing out on the Athens Olympics.
