Ankara, Turkey, August 14, 2015 – The Dominican Republic downed titleholders China in straight sets (25-19, 25-19, 25-18) on Friday evening. Find out more about the coach’s and player’s view of the game.
Dominican Republic coach Wagner Pacheco: We played with our hearts tonight.
Dominican Republic captain Brayelin Elizabeth Martinez: China are a very powerful team. Although we found a way to beat them. I'm very happy for this amazing win. I'm very thankful to all my teammates for their incredible effort. I won't forget any second of this match.
China coach Jiande Xu: The Dominican offense played very well tonight. Unfortunately, we couldn’t reach our standard level.
China captain Xintong Chen: The Caribbean are a tough team. We knew they were strong but couldn’t stop them. We made too many errors in our defense as well.