Dinamo Moscow bounce from the bottom of Pool D table, after their win in an all-Russian match against Lokomotiv KALININGRAD Region. Moscow beat Kaliningrad in straight sets, gaining 3 points, that allowed them to jump to a second position in the table. Lokomotiv KALININGRAD Region, who held that position at the start of second leg, are now fourth in the table with the four points they won at the end of first tournament in Istanbul.

For those who followed earlier Pool D match on Tuesday there was an air of familiarity about the opening set. Dinamo Moscow, who were trailing behind Lokomotiv KALININGRAD Region throughout the first set, found themselves chasing the score from 13-18 behind to making things level at 20-20. From that point onward the team from Moscow, with Tatiana Romanova working steadily at the service line, gained five more points, winning the first set 25-20. Dinamo Moscow gained an early lead at 7-3, thanks to Tatiana Romanova who stepped on the service line once more. Unlike Kaliningrad in the first set, Moscow maintained the point-gap that slowly increased until Dinamo closed the set at 25-12. Nataliya Goncharova and Natalia Pereira became the leading scorers of their team with 12 and 9 points respectively.
The last set was the closest among both teams, as neither allowed their opponent to get too far ahead on the scoreboard. Moscow were led by their Brazilian star Natalia, who scored 7 points in this set alone, as Dinamo secured their first three-set victory in the competition, finishing the last set at 25-23.

• Nataliya Goncharova was named MVP of the match, scoring 16 points for Dinamo Moscow, all of which were winning spiked 

• Her team-mate Natalia Pereira also scored 16 points (12 winning spikes and four blocks), out of which 7 were gained in the third set alone. 

• Block was one of Dinamo Moscow’s strongest elements - team won 18 points in that element, including 6 by Irina Fetisova, 4 each for Natalia Pereira and Ekaterina Enina. In comparison Kaliningrad scored only 5 points in block

• Tatiana Ezhak was Kaliningrad’s best scorer with 9 points