Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland – “The match was really hard because of the conditions. My legs were so, so heavy. The same for Joana. The one who had to sideout was almost dying. After the first set they came back and I was really happy we kept the course just to not let them go away. The first set was important for the mental game after. In the second they were always up. After that we knew our sideout isn’t the best so we knew we had to put more pressure on the serve. At the end it’s the serve and block defense that was the difference because our sideout was not the best. I’m really happy about (reaching the round of 16), a lot of good teams are already out.”
Joana Heidrich, Switzerland – “We had to switch (the serve) because we had to make more pressure and I know she (Bakhtygul Samalikova) is a young girl and it’s her first World Championships so sure she had pressure and she has to do it so I said we have to try something new. We did a great job with block defense and serving. Our sideout was not the best, it was really hard and really hot so it was a tough game for us. We won 2-0 and that’s the most important part.”
Tatyana Mashkova, Kazakhstan – “Swiss just switched serve to my partner and I think she was a little bit nervous. Maybe, I don’t know because I didn’t speak with her. Maybe it was my mistake because I have to help her, maybe tell her which way she can do something. Next time I know what I will do. It’s very good competition, we’re happy specifically to play here because a lot of teams would like to come here but only 48 come here. It was great for us because we had a good four games. We are a new team, we have played maybe five tournaments together and for us it’s a good start.”