On 18th this month, the 361° China Women’s Volleyball League A of the 2010-2011 competition season was started. In the focus game under the spotlight in the first round, with the excellent performance in attack and defense of two foreign players, namely, Brakocevic and Tom, the just upgraded Guangdong Evergrande Team defeated Shanghai Team, the runner-up of the last session, at 3:1, and thus made a good beginning.

Although the time of cooperation between the leading players of Guangdong Evergrande Team cooperate and other players was not long, and the cooperation of the whole team in overall team tactics and skills was not smooth, with the rich experience in important games and good consciousness of Feng Kun, the old player, the powerful storm and back-row attacks in No. 2 and No. 4 positions of extremely high success rate of Brakocevic, and the good attack and defense of Tom, who not only received more than half of the first passes for the whole team but also often scored through attacks, Guangdong Evergrande Women’s Volleyball Team got the initiative on the court for the most of the competition.

Exactly with the excellent performance in attack and defense of Brakocevic and main attacker Tom, the two foreign players who won 32 scores in attack, Evergrande Women’s Volleyball Team won the first game after it was upgraded to the China Women’s Volleyball League A. Lang Ping said, “The performance of the two foreign players is good, because they have participated in several important games and have comprehensive skills and rich experience. Tom has participated in three Olympic Games. They don’t have much difficulty in cooperating with Feng Kun.”

After defeating Shanghai Team, the runner-up of the League of the last session, Lang Ping still said there was no specific target in the League. She said, “We should try our best to play each game without considering the ranking. Our team was just upgraded for League A. It is the most important for us to try our best.”

(Source: People.com.cn   Reported by Journalist Li Changyun)