Serbia whipped Algeria in straight sets (25-19, 25-14, 25-18) on the final day of fourth-round action in the FIVB Women's World Cup at Tokyo Metropolitan Gym on Friday afternoon.
The victory means Serbia completes the tournament with a 5-6 record, while the loss sees Algeria finish at 0-10. Serbia outblocked the defeated side 9-2 and also outserved them 8-3.
Nadja Ninkovic and Ana Bjelica paced Serbia in the victory, scoring 18 and 17 points, respectively while Stefana Veljkovic contributed 12 tallies. Ninkovic's production included four blocks and Bjelica was named the most impressive player of the match. Faiza Sabet was the high scorer for Algeria in the defeat with 14 points.
Serbia led 8-6 at the first TTO in the opening set as Bjelica, the second high scorer for the team in the competition, notched three early points.
The Serbs boosted their advantage to 16-11 at the second TTO. A spike by Ninkovic completed a nice option play and made it 20-13 for Serbia.
Serbia took the set 25-19 on Algerian error. Bjelica top-scored with 6 points, while Sabet also had 6 points for the Algerians.
Algeria, which has won only two sets during the World Cup, briefly went ahead 6-5 in the second set, but Serbia quickly ran off three straight points to lead 8-5 at the first TTO.
Serbia's front line was just too powerful for Algeria, which tried valiantly to dig spike after spike, but found the task very difficult
The second TTO saw Serbia in front 16-11 as Bjelica and Ninkovic continued to lead the way with strong play.
A nice block by Ninkovic closed out the second set for Serbia 25-14.
A powerful spike by Stefana Veljkovic put Serbia ahead 7-3 in the final set and they led 8-3 at the first TTO.
Bjelica delivered another strong blast over the net as Serbia powered to a 16-9 edge at the second TTO.
Algeria took a time out with Serbia leading 21-14 and responded with a nice spike from Aichia Mezemate, but it only held off the inevitable.
The Serbs closed out the match 25-18 on a serve by Bojana Zivkovic.
