Speaking of Monday's clash, the 58-year-old believes both sides will try hard to recover from the gruelling five-set matches and both will be excited for the match between two teams with a strong start at the tournament.

Nataliya Goncharova fired Russia past Serbia 25-16, 20-25, 25-23, 25-16 with a game-high 21 points. Irina Koroleva contributed four points to Russia's solid blocking, which limited World Cup leading scorer Ana Bjelica to 13 points out of 44 attacks with a success rate lower than 30%. Bianka Busa had a team-high 19 points.

Earlier on Sunday, with four players scoring double-digit, South Korea defeated Argentina 25-19, 21-25, 25-19, 25-9. Lee Jae-yeong was on fire with 23 points while Kim Hee-jin added 22 for the world no.8. Lucia Fresco had 22 for the South American side.

"I'm happy with our performance because we tried to show a little more than just playing to our outside hitter. Sometimes that may be our best quality, but it also becomes a limitation because then we don't put more attackers in our play. Today was good because we tried to play with all our attackers and this is what we want to do," said South Korea coach Stefano Lavarini, who has repeated emphasized his intention to try out different line-ups to prepare for the Olympic regional qualifiers.

Elsewhere, the Netherlands breezed past Cameroon 25-15, 25-14, 25-18 to sit fourth on the table. The Dominican Republic triumphed over Kenya 25-17, 25-19, 25-19.

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