{"id":50210,"date":"2020-01-07T12:31:56","date_gmt":"2020-01-07T12:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/?p=50210"},"modified":"2020-01-07T12:31:56","modified_gmt":"2020-01-07T12:31:56","slug":"kazakhstan-celebrate-opening-win-over-iran-in-thailand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/kazakhstan-celebrate-opening-win-over-iran-in-thailand\/","title":{"rendered":"KAZAKHSTAN CELEBRATE OPENING WIN OVER IRAN IN THAILAND"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p>Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, January 7, 2020 &#8211; Kazakhstan got off to a brilliant start to claim their first victory after they outplayed Iran in straight sets 3-0 (25-14, 25-16, 25-14) in\u00a0 the AVC Women\u2019s Tokyo Volleyball Qualification tournament at Chatchai Hall in Nakhon Ratchasima on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><b>Kazakhstan team captain Alessya Safronova:\u00a0<\/b>&#8220;Of course we are very happy to win our first match of the tournament. We had a nervous start but we tried to keep cool and everything was going well for us. Overall, it was a good match for us. We had a short preparation before coming here but we are ready to fight for it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>Kazakhstan head coach Canbolat Burhan Saik:\u00a0<\/b>&#8220;The first match of a tournament is always difficult, but my team performed really well today. I gave a chance to my veteran players today. We didn\u2019t expect a match like this, so I am very happy with the way my team did today. The remaining matches will be even more difficult for us. Tomorrow we play against Indonesia &#8211; we have to study their play against Korea today. We will try our best to win.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;All the teams would like to get to the Olympics ticket and so would we. This tournament has some good teams like Thailand and Korea so we have to show our best effort to beat them.&#8221;<\/div>\n<p><b>Iran team captain Elham Fallah:\u00a0<\/b>&#8220;It was a good match.We have a very young team so we will take this match as a good learning experience.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>Iran head coach Mitra Shabanian:\u00a0<\/b>&#8220;Our team is so young and we still lack experience. We trained together for a month before coming here.Tomorrow for sure will be a very tough match for us when we play against Korea as they want to play in the Olympics. 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