Enthusiastic home support not enough to prevent straight-sets defeat in women’s VNL match
Thailand opened the third week of the Volleyball Nations League with a straight-sets loss to the Netherlands, despite the support from a raucous crowd of hometown fans in Bangkok.
The two sides each entered Tuesday evening’s match at Hua Mark Indoor Stadium with just two wins in eight matches in the first two weeks of the preliminary round.
Each desperately needed a victory if they wanted to have a shot at advancing to the finals next month. The Dutch women prevailed in the end, 28-26, 25-18 and…
