Maar leads Canadian charge
KRAKOW, Poland, May 26 - Stephen Maar topped the scoring for
Canada who put their opening match misery behind them to
overpower Korea in straight-sets (25-20, 25-17, 25-19) and set
themselves up perfectly for a clash with Poland on Sunday.
Maar
may have ended this straightforward victory with 12 points but
there were also impressive contributions from Graham Vigrass (11
points) and Bradley Gunter (eight points) as the Canadian, who
were excellent at the net earning eight blocks to just one from
their opponents, recovered from losing to Russia on Friday by
eventually seeing off a Korea side who battled hard but were
ultimately outclassed.
Jiseok
Jung with 11 points was the stand-out performer for Korea though
too many errors, especially on serve, was their ultimate undoing
and with Russia next up, those mistakes will need to be
eradicated if a clean sweep of defeats is to be avoided. |