Benny Mertens, Head Coach Belgium:

"We played very well today for 30 minutes and then run out of steam. We had a tough game yesterday and as a result we are a little bit tired."

"Unfortunately Ann Wauters did not come into her game today but hopefully on Tuesday she will play better as our target is now the Quarter-Finals."

Anke de Mondt, Belgium:

"We are happy with how we played because we worked hard for the entire game. We stayed reasonably close until the end of the third quarter against a very experienced Russian team."

Vadim Kapranov, Head Coach Russia:

"We prepared very well for this game having studied the Belgians' game over the past couple of days and we were able to work against it."

"We controlled Belgium and especially Ann Wauters, which was very important. Today our defence was much improved and we hope to continue as such."