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OSAKA, Japan, August 8, 2009 - Puerto Rico
pulled off a stunning upset, beating world
champions Russia 3-1 on their sixth match point
at Osaka Municipal Central Gym on Saturday
afternoon.
Puerto Rico came into the match with a 0-4
record, but outlasted Russia 25-17, 25-22,
22-25, 28-26 to record a massive victory against
the European super power.
Russia lost the first two sets but turned it
around in the third, only for Puerto Rico to
find a second wind and come home on their sixth
match point. Russia dropped to 3-2 overall.
Aurea Cruz and Sarai Alvarez were the main
weapons of Puerto Rico’s arsenal scoring 28 and
22 points respectively in the victory. Ekaterina
Gamova and Tatiana Kosheleva had 19 and 17 for
Russia.
In Miao Li, Taiwan, USA lost to Netherlands in
five sets. The Dutch, who are unbeaten in five
outings, triumphed by score of 12-25, 25-22,
25-16, 21-25, 15-13. USA is now 2-3.
In another match, Germany (3-0) trounced
Dominican Republic 25-16, 25-17, 25-20 in just
75 minutes of action.
The Dominicans dropped to 1-4 record.
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