SRB 🇷🇸 vs. MEX 🇲🇽 - Women's OQT 2023 - Match Highlights

And we're off Mexico with the first serve to Serbia. Mexico world ranked number 23 up against the world ranked number three team of Serbia. Easy dig in the backcourt for Serbia through the middle of the back. Yeah watch here the blockers just the one block to contend with. The bench area hopefully she'll be okay. It's a better pass. Oh finds the court. Can't use that ball. Put it over deep. She knows there's going to be someone waiting for her. Martinez the 26 year old and I believe he loves his rock and roll. So he would have liked that song. Oh that just adds insult to injury. Absolutely when you get blocked. Oh and a block straight back. Kept her eyes on the ball. Watched the approach and dropped into the angle that time. Jellica just going 26 year old Olympian. Won a couple of gold medals at the world champs. Knows what it's like to be under pressure. And that was a beautiful block. 13 serving 21. A bit out of system here in this side out. Oh great dig. Outside and finds the spot. Martinez now looking for a point. Well she did a great serve. Can they finish this off? Another opportunity. Nicely done. Recycled. Now getting the set. This one's tight. Oh well done. Looking for some heat on the front court from Tepeti. 17 year old. Still set point. And there it is. Serbia take the first set. Aleksic finishes that one off for her team. Beautiful pass. Fast set to the middle. What a set. Tepeti straight into the setter. And that one finds the line for Mexico. Look back making sure that one was in fact called in. Or not much room to play with. Outside now. Castro with a big swing. Aleksic a little bit slow in getting and closing that up. That one coming off the hands a little awkwardly. But nicely saved from Lozo. Lazovic I should say. Nice touch but just too far over the net. Don't often get to swing on the ball. Setters using the back again. Recycled for Mexico. Good dig. A double set there. Oh another great pancake. Castro not quite in place to hit that one. Great defense Mexico. Tepeti comes from flying in the backcourt. But again just miss hitting that ball. Castro has done a great job outside hitting. See if she can make some serving points. Pretty good serve. Big swing. Great defense. Can I get that one down this time? Oh that's a bigger swing. Off the hands. Jellica was there. So the captain Jocelyn Rodais. See if she can earn a point here. Off the hands. Lozo is there again. Makes a pretty good set. First out on that occasion. Look for her to come through the back now. If they can get that dig. But they can't because Jellica at the senior level. Great short serve. Taking out one of the attackers for Serbia. But it doesn't matter. Nicely taken. Martinez. Castro. Nice fast flat serve. And fittingly Sarah Lozo finishes off the second set for Serbia. 25-19. That one a little bit harder for Serbia. They had to maintain their focus. Nice swing off the block. Great save. What a set. Lozo can't put that one down. But Tepeti she can't either. They're out of system. Great cover from Mexico. Tepeti has to do one foot take off. Just a quick one. Now in system. Mexico. And they finish it off. This beautiful Beluen Tigi Center Stadium. Lozo can't do anything. Blocks there. Oh indecision. Free ball. Mexico. And used nicely through the middle. Merkovic not happy with herself. 8-4 for Mexico. First time in this match that they've had such a great lead. Katerina Lazovic really looking on fire. I'd be setting her a lot of the next few points. And that was a beautiful block. Something from Mexico if they start to lose a couple of points here. Oh unfortunate. That ball did hit the ground. Now can she find some magic with the serve? Nice defense. In good position. Oh the set was just a little bit too far. Lazovic. And that's a great serve. Again finding the middle blocker from Mexico. Oh the ace. Couldn't have come at a better time for Mexico. Seven points so far on her hand for her team. Great set. Back court. Finding Angelica Rodriguez. Here we go. Big serve. Nice. Nice and fast. Has to go outside. Oh how did she thread that needle? Looking too stressed. Back play this time. Coming off the net and off the hands. Last serve. The trouble. Here we go. Can they save this point? Tepete off the block again. Wow Mexico. Deep. Nicely taken through the middle. There it is. And they do what their coach tells them to do. So Serbia take it out. And I'm not going to say comfortably because that last set was not very comfortable. But they take it out in three against Mexico in this first match of day one here in Ningbo, China.