Chen Xue, China – “Not really nervous. If we lose this is the last match of this championship, if we win, we continue and we have more matches to play. Either way, we have to perform better. Today I think it was good. In pool play, in the three matches, my partner (Xinxin Wang) played very well, and me also. The fans are more active here and the fans can enjoy around the court and that can bring everyone together with Beach Volleyball.”
Nicole Laird, Australia – “There were definitely nerves, there are nerves in every game and I think the fact that it was do or die didn’t really change our mindset too much in what we were working on and talking about in preparation for this tournament. We knew we had an opportunity if we played our side of the net at our best. We didn’t quite convert today. We showed some resilience through patches of not our best volleyball (in this tournament) and we showed some character in every game we played being able to find a way toward the back end of the second sets. Hopefully we see that from point one in the next opportunity we get.”
Jessyka Ngauamo, Australia – “They executed their service plan really well. They put pressure on us on our sideout and they did well in converting their opportunities and not making too many unforced errors, which we did a bit more than they did.”