Having opened their campaign with a straight-sets victory over Italy yesterday, the Chinese triumphed 25-15, 25-17, 25-18 at the Musis and Stadstheater Arnhem.

Today’s other match in Pool C saw Italy bounce back from their loss to defeat Slovenia 25-14, 25-12, 25-18.

In Pool D, Brazil maintained their 100 per cent record by overcoming Ukraine 25-12, 25-23, 25-10, while Finland picked up their first win by beating Egypt 24-26, 25-9, 25-17, 25-22.

Canada and The Netherlands continue their perfect starts to Pool A with comfortable victories over Croatia, 25-12, 25-14, 25-13, and Rwanda, 25-10, 25-11, 25-18, respectively.

Rio 2016 Paralympic gold medallists the United States claimed a second consecutive straight-sets win in Pool B by defeating Russia 25-14, 25-16, 25-23.

Hungary lost to the US yesterday and fell to another defeat today at the hands of Japan, 15-25, 17-25, 19-25.

Action also continued today in the men’s competition at the De Maaspoort Theater and Events in Venlo.

Defending champions Bosnia and Herzegovina followed up their Pool D victory over Iraq yesterday by overcoming Egypt 25-18, 27-25, 25-19.

Poland recovered from their defeat against Egypt to register a 25-20, 17-25, 25-21, 26-28, 15-11 win over Iraq.

In Pool B, Paralympic champions Iran made it back-to-back victories by beating Germany 25-20, 25-9, 25-13.

Russia did likewise thanks to a 25-12, 25-19, 25-6 win at the expense of Japan.

Pool C action saw Brazil take charge of the section with a 24-26, 25-23, 25-18, 25-20 victory over Ukraine and Kazakhstan get off the mark by defeating Croatia 20-25, 25-22, 25-17, 25-20.

China remain unbeaten in Pool A courtesy of a 25-16, 25-10, 25-20 win over The Netherlands.

The US bounced back from their defeat against China yesterday to overcome Rwanda 25-20, 25-22, 22-25, 25-17.

The women’s preliminary round is due to conclude tomorrow, while the men’s is scheduled to reach its conclusion in Eindhoven on Wednesday (July 18).