{"id":48320,"date":"2019-10-06T00:49:35","date_gmt":"2019-10-06T00:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/?p=48320"},"modified":"2019-10-06T00:49:35","modified_gmt":"2019-10-06T00:49:35","slug":"thailand-take-step-closer-to-winning-back-to-back-asean-grand-prix-titles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/thailand-take-step-closer-to-winning-back-to-back-asean-grand-prix-titles\/","title":{"rendered":"THAILAND TAKE STEP CLOSER TO WINNING BACK-TO-BACK ASEAN GRAND PRIX TITLES"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p>Santa Rosa, Laguna, Philippines, October 5, 2016 &#8211; In-form Thailand moved a step closer to capturing back-to-back titles after a 3-0 demolition of hosts Philippines for two straight wins at the Asean Grand Prix 2019 Philippine Southeast Asian Games Organising Committee (PHISGOC) Volleyball Test Event at the Santa Rosa Sports Complex here on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-48328\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/8-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1170\" height=\"780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/8-1.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/8-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/8-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/8-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/8-1-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1170px) 100vw, 1170px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Thailand, current world No.14 and silver medallists at the recent Asian Senior Women\u2019s Championship in Seoul, Korea, outclassed the host side in one-sided encounter 25-12 25-16 25-10 in 58 minutes, while Indonesia, which suffered their first loss at the hands of the formidable Thais the previous day, registered their first win at the three-day round-robin competition on Saturday following a dramatic 3-1 (29-27 25-20 23-25 25-17) win against Vietnam in exhausting 119 minutes.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-48330\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/10-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1170\" height=\"780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/10-1.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/10-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/10-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/10-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/10-1-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1170px) 100vw, 1170px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Thailand head coach Danai Sriwacharamaytakul, celebrating his 49th birthday on Saturday, shuffled his line-up a lot in this match against hosts Philippines as he still trusted in his strong lineup led by three veterans Pleumjit Thinkaow, Onuma Sittirak and Wilavan Apinyapong. He rested ace spiker Chatchu-on Moksri, top scorer in the previous match against Indonesia, and instead fielded another two young talents Pimpichaya Kokram and Watchareeya Nuanjam.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-48327\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/7-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1170\" height=\"780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/7-1.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/7-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/7-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/7-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/7-1-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1170px) 100vw, 1170px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-48323\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/3-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1170\" height=\"780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/3-2.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/3-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/3-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/3-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/3-2-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1170px) 100vw, 1170px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Philippines also rested their key players Alyssa Valdez and Julia Melissa Morado for the whole match and Mylene Paat was sent in to lead the charge.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-48324\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/4-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1170\" height=\"780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/4-4.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/4-4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/4-4-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/4-4-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/4-4-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1170px) 100vw, 1170px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Thailand, the perennial SEA Games champions which have been training intensively in preparation for the AVC Continental Olympic Qualification Tournament on home soil in Nakhon Ratchasima between January 7 and 12, 2020, were seemingly going through the motion after taking the first two sets with ease 25-12 25-16. Their overwhelming dominance continued through their resilience and superb net play in the third set, which turned out to be one-way traffic. Pimpichaya\u2019s powerful attacks proved a thorn in the Philippines\u2019 blocks. Thailand captured the comfortable set 25-10 and match.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-48326\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1170\" height=\"780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/6.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/6-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/6-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/6-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/6-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1170px) 100vw, 1170px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pimpichaya Kokram chipped in with 11 points for Thailand. The first leg MVP Onuma Sittirak had 10 points off 8 attacks from 14 attempts, while Pleumjit Thinkaow and another veteran Malika Kanthong added 7 markers apiece beating the Philippines in a one-sided affair.<\/p>\n<p>The first leg champions inched a win shy of repeating their glory with an immaculate 2-0 record.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-48331\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1170\" height=\"836\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/11.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/11-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/11-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/11-1024x732.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/11-600x429.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1170px) 100vw, 1170px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Nobody scored in double figures for the Philippines with Mylene Paat and Frances Xinia Molina leading the undermanned Filipina spikers with 7 and 6 points respectively. Mary Joy Baron and Grethcel Soltones added 5 points each.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-48325\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/5-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1170\" height=\"780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/5-2.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/5-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/5-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/5-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/5-2-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1170px) 100vw, 1170px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Thailand target the second leg championship against the winless Vietnam on Sunday at 5pm local time, while the Philippines, which are tied with Indonesia at 1-1, gun for a silver medal finish at 3pm.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Vietnam continued their losing streak in this year\u2019s Asean Grand Prix, losing them all at the recent first leg at Terminal Hall inside Terminal 21 Shopping Hall in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand and remaining winless at the on-going second leg in the Philippines.<\/p>\n<p>Playing without their regular captain Tran Thi Thanh Thuy, Vietnam on Saturday fought hard against Indonesia before going down in thrilling four-setter 27-29 20-25 25-23 17-25.<\/p>\n<p>Megawati Hangestri Pertiwi scored a match-high 21 points from 18 attacks from 41 attempts and a team-leading 3 blocks for Indonesia, while Hoang Thi Kieu Trinh topscored with 16 points for Vietnam.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, the last day of the round-robin competition, Thailand take on Vietnam and Indonesia go up against hosts Philippines. The two matches will be followed shortly by Awards Presentation and Closing Ceremony.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-48333\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/b-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/b-1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/b-1-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/b-1-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/b-1-600x300.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-48332\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/a-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/a-2.jpg 960w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/a-2-300x131.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/a-2-768x336.jpg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/a-2-600x263.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Related links of AVC<br \/>\nAVC Website: click www.asianvolleyball.net<br \/>\nAVC Facebook: click www.Facebook.com\/AsianVolleyballConfederation<br \/>\nAVC Twitter: click: https:\/\/twitter.com\/avcvolley<br \/>\nAVC Instagram: click: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/avcvolley\/?hl=en<br \/>\nAVC Youtube: click: Asian Volleyball Confederation<br \/>\nAVC WeChat: Asian Volleyball Confederation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santa Rosa, Laguna, Philippines, October 5, 2016 &#8211; In-form Thailand moved a step closer to capturing back-to-back titles after a 3-0 demolition of hosts Philippines for two straight wins at&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":48322,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[100,86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-slider","category-volleyball-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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