"I think that the victory increased our confidence for the next two games," she said.

Chinese player Han Xu confirmed to journalists at the press conference that her team had one month of very busy preparation and that the victory came as a result of their hard work.

Coach Xu Limin said that his team did not play well in the beginning, but in the second half started to "execute what they prepared."

"In the transition we did a really good job and I think that our team was better than in 2019. We have more players and they are in a better shape than players of other teams, and this is fundamental for our team to win," Xu said.

Talking about China's next rivals of Spain and South Korea in the remaining two games, he said that "European basketball or Asian basketball, it is the same for us because we rely on ourselves. If we manage to be ourselves, we can beat any team."

The tournament was moved from China to Serbia due to the outbreak of the coronavirus.

For the Tokyo Olympic Games, 16 women's teams have been divided into four groups with the top three qualifying from each group after a round-robin competition.

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