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Thailand stops Indonesia in semifinals
Flopping: Indonesiaâs Wilda Siti Sugandi (11) is on alert as a Thai player is ready to release a spike during their semifinal match at ICBC Arena, Singapore, on Sunday
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Flopping: Indonesiaâs Wilda Siti Sugandi (11) is on alert as a Thai player is ready to release a spike during their semifinal match at ICBC Arena, Singapore, on Sunday. Indonesia lost 25-21, 13-25, 23-25, 13-25.(JP/Ricky Yudhistira) (11) is on alert as a Thai player is ready to release a spike during their semifinal match at ICBC Arena, Singapore, on Sunday. Indonesia lost 25-21, 13-25, 23-25, 13-25.(JP/Ricky Yudhistira)
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span class="inline inline-center">Flopping: Indonesia's Wilda Siti Sugandi (11) is on alert as a Thai player is ready to release a spike during their semifinal match at ICBC Arena, Singapore, on Sunday. Indonesia lost 25-21, 13-25, 23-25, 13-25.(JP/Ricky Yudhistira)
Thailand's women's volleyball team, winner of six consecutive Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, expectedly appeared too tough to handle with Indonesia losing out 3-1 at the OCBC Arena in Singapore on Sunday.
Indonesian women won the first set 25-21, but they started to drop in form in the remaining games as Thai women did not relent in their attacks to take the second set with a 25-13 victory.
In the third set, both teams upped their game, which resulted in the two sides taking the lead alternately until the score reached 19-19. However, Pleumjit Thinkaow created havoc in Indonesia's defense with her strong spikes and helped the team reach a 25-23 win.
In the fourth set, Amalia Fajrina and friends fell to a string of mistakes, which gave their opponents easy points and, at last, the match with a 25-13 win.
According to one of the team's members, Maya Kurnia Indri, since Thailand's team changed composition of their team's members in the second set, especially the setter, their whole game's pattern had also changed.
'In the third game we were almost leveling our points, but their experience did the talking at that moment,' she added.
'The opponents hadn't given their all in the first set as they were still reading our strength, which earned us the early lead,' said coach Muhammad Ansori.
'In the second set, they changed their game. They played faster and more aggressively, and our team was unable to deal with it,' he added.
The result leaves Indonesia sharing the bronze medal with host Singapore, which was beaten by Vietnam in a match in the afternoon. Thailand will play Vietnam for gold on Monday.
Ansori said the bronze had met expectation by the National Sports Council (KONI).
'But the result did not satisfy my personal target, which had sought a place in the final,' said the coach of Popsivo PGN.
Indonesian men's team also faces the prospect of falling to Thailand when they meet in a semifinal match on Monday.
Indonesia advanced to the semifinals after beating Cambodia 25-21, 25-20, 25-20 in a Group B match.
