In the first round of the 2025 World Women's Volleyball League, the Chinese women's volleyball team played against the Belgian women's volleyball team, and the two sides played their main forces in this game. At the end of the first game, the Chinese women's volleyball team made a late effort and won the first game 25-18, and the 16-year-old Jiangsu teenager Zhang Zixuan played well and performed very well. Zhuang Yushan's pass was very stable, and Wu Mengjie's attack was sharp.
In the first game of this game, Zhuang Yushan hit out of bounds in the fourth position and got the first point in this Olympic cycle. Gong Xiangyu's defense was also very steady, and Zhuang Yushan's attack hit again, helping the Chinese women's volleyball team to lead the opponent 2-1 at the beginning. The Belgian women's volleyball team's offense at the beginning was also very strong, and the continuous offensive scoring helped Belgium overtake the score 3-2. The 16-year-old setter Zhang Zixuan's pass was not stable enough, and the Chinese women's volleyball team lost points in a row, and the score fell behind by 3 points at 4-7. Head coach Zhao Yong called a timeout, and during the pause, he emphasized that the mentality of the players should be stable, the blocking link needs to be strengthened, and Herberts's smash mistake helped the Chinese women's volleyball ferry.
At the beginning stage, the Chinese women's volleyball team's blocking link was relatively weak, and at the critical moment, Gong Xiangyu's No. 2 position strong attack helped the team chase the score 6-8 and fell behind by 2 points, Herberts's smash made another mistake to help the Chinese women's volleyball team 7-8 only 1 point behind, and Chen Houyu's No. 3 counterattack helped the Chinese women's volleyball team tie the score. Zhuang Yushan's attack in the fourth position scored again, and the Chinese women's volleyball team overtook 9-8. The backward Belgian women's volleyball team applied for a timeout, and the Belgian women's volleyball team still did not enter the state after the pause, the Chinese women's volleyball team used the serve to continuously create counterattack scoring opportunities, Wu Mengjie's attack was very sharp, Zhang Zixuan's pass was fast and steady, and the score of 19-13 was instantly pulled away.
At the end of the game, the Chinese women's volleyball team performed very stable, and after 22-16, Belgium called a timeout again, and the Chinese women's volleyball team put a lot of pressure on the opponent in the service link, and the Chinese women's volleyball team won the first game 25-18.