JAKARTA, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- China lost to Vietnam 3-2 at the opening match for the Asiad men's volleyball here on Monday.
The match was a see-saw one, with scores of the five sets standing at 23-25, 24-26, 25-19, 25-22 and 19-21 respectively.
China led the first two sets initially, but lost both of them narrowly to Vietnam due to a few mistakes.
From the third set on, China put their acts together and fought back hard to win 25-19. In the fourth set, China carried on the momentum to win 25-22 and brought the game to a tie-breaker.
In the final set, both sides fought fiercely and took turns to score, until Vietnam expanded the lead to win 21-19.
Vietnam's Tu Thanh Thuan topped the scoring chart with 21 points, followed by China's Wang Jingyi with 20 points.
China scored a total of 64 spikes, 15 blocks, 8 serves, and 29 points through opponents' errors, while Vietnam took 42 points through China's mistakes.
In three other matches on Monday, Saudi Arabia beat Kyrgyzstan 3-1, Pakistan defeated Mongolia in straight sets, and Thailand beat Sri Lanka 3-1.
Later in the day, four other matches will be held.
