Qi Hui (Singapore #10) lets a ball go out. (Photo 3 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
The girls celebrate after winning a hard-earned point. (Photo 4 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
Qi Hui (Singapore #10) dives to rescue a loose ball. (Photo 5 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
Throughout the match, Peru made use of their height advantage to pound shots into Singapore’s court. The Peruvians, with an average height of 1.8m, sent many shots to the 3m line, just out of reach of the Singapore players. (Photo 6 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
Singapore’s Joelle Lim (#1) and Marylyn Yeo (#5) block an attack from their opponents. (Photo 7 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
Raffaella Camet (Peru #9) spikes through the Singapore block. (Photo 8 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
Marylyn Yeo (Singapore #5) spikes past Peru captain Clarivett Yllescas (#11). (Photo 9 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
Qi Hui (Singapore #10) finds herself out of position as she tries to send the ball across. (Photo 10 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
Joelle (Singapore #1) manages to dig a tough spike from Peru. (Photo 11 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
Loh Ling Ying (Singapore #7) finds herself in a one-on-one with Clarivett Yllescas (Peru #11). (Photo 12 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
well, volleyball is a very realistic game. if you are short, you lose out. simple as that. but then again, physical aspect must also be taken into account. also experience wise, cause peru is a bigger nation and their selection criteria is a lot tougher due to so many teams and players around. so their best 12 must have gone through a whole lot of matches and training sessions in order for them to be selected. anyway, sg girls did us proud. kudos to them and their effort!
I don’t think it is a height issue. If it were, why not just select taller players. 1.68m is really short for a volleyball player especially when they are already 17 or 18. The Singapore team was just not good enough.