Russia: Kazan wins big match over St. Petersburg who wastes 7 set points

Round 7 of the 2020/21 Russian Volleyball Championship closed with a derby of the two powerhouses: Zenit-Kazan achieved a straight-set win over Saint Petersburg, pulling out difficult endings in two of them: 3-0 (27:25, 25:20, 28:26).
Today’s win was Zenit-Kazan’s sixth in a row (without defeat) in the league and eighth successive against these rivals. On the other hand, the series of wins of four games of Zenit Saint Petersburg has come to an end.
Maksim Mikhaylov top-scored for Kazan with 19 points while Ivan Yakovlev was the only player in double digits in scoring for the losing side.

📌| 2020/21 Superliga Parimatch regular season – Round 7:

🗓| October 24

• Kuzbass Kemerovo — Dinamo Mosca 1-3 (26:24, 22:25, 20:25, 26:28)
• Yugra Samotlor Nizhnevartovsk — Yenisey Krasnoyarsk 3-1 (25:22, 25:18, 34:36, 25:23)

🗓| October 25
• Zenit Kazan — Zenit St. Petersburg 3-0 (27:25, 25:20, 28:26)
Top Scorers: Mikhaylov 19, Ngapeth 13, Bednorz 11, A. Volkov 5, Butko 3, Volvich 2; Iakovlev 12, Poletaev 9, Kliuka 8, Camejo 8, Filippov 4, Brizard 4.

🦠| Postponed for COVID

🗓| December 24
• Ural Ufa — Belogorie Belgorod

🗓| January 24
• Gazprom Surgut — ASK Nizhniy Novgorod

🦠| Postponed until further notice
• Novosibirsk — Fakel Novy Urengoy
• Neftyanik Orenburg — Dinamo LO

📃| Standings
Zenit Kazan 16
Dinamo Moscow 15
Fakel Novy Urengoy 13
Zenit St. Petersburg 12
Kuzbass Kemerovo 12
Yenisey Krasnoyarsk 9
Lokomotiv Novosibirsk 7
Ural Ufa 6
Yugra Samotlor Nizhnevartovsk 6
Dinamo LO 4
Belogorie Belgorod 4
ASK Nizhniy Novgorod 2
Neftyanik Orenburg 2
Gazprom Surgut 0