Beijing Olympic bronze medallists China rallied past the Netherlands 3-1 here on Sunday to claim the title of the 2010 FIVB World Grand Prix Chengdu leg with three straight wins.

Wang Yimei, who had lackluster performance in the last two matches, came from the bench to score 22 points to lead the Chinese women to the 19-25, 25-20, 25-15 and 25-21 victory while the Dutch women, World Grand Prix winners in 2007, settled for the second place with two wins against one loss.

"I have expected Wang to play to such standard for a long time, today I am so happy for her," said China head coach Wang Baoquan. "It's her best game of this tournament."

Following two scoreless matches against Puerto Rico and Thailand, Wang Yimei was put on the bench at the beginning of the first set, where Manon Flier produced three aces and added one kill to lead a 5-0 run that pushed the Netherlands up to 15-12.

The Chinese steadily pulled it back at 17-all, only to find the Europeans run off six points in a row for an unshakable 23-17 advantage.

China head coach Wang Baoquan finally decided to put Wang into the starting line-up from the second set and the Beijing Olympian sent China back into contention with her storming spikes.

After Ma Yunwen broke a 20-all tie in a blitz attack, Wang Yimei stuffed Caroline Wensink and teamed up with Ma and Wei Qiuyue to stop ice Flier twice in a row to make it 24-20. Then Ma cinched the set winner with a smash.

"She (Wang) made the difference today," said the Netherlands' head coach Avital Selinger. "The momentum changed when she came in. She was great today."

The host team continued its momentum in the third set while the Netherlands seemed to be out of steam. Racing to an amazing 15-7 lead, the Chinese women went on to take the set 25-15.

The Netherlands fought back bravely to force an 18-all tie in the fourth set, but China pulled away with a 5-0 run during which Wang had three smashes to make it 23-18. The Dutch women beat off two match points to cut it to 24-21, but Hui Ruoqi converted on the third with a well landed hit.

"I am contented with this victory, our players overcame many obstacles to win this match," Wang Baoquan added, noting that captain and setter Wei had to take pills for stomachache right before the match.

China reaped 15 points from blocking, compared with seven for the Netherlands.

"We have been working on our blocking recently and you can see our improvement from this match," Wang said. "It's not bad to score so many blocking points against a towering team like the Netherlands."

Flier had 25 kills and six aces for a game-high 32 points, but none of her teammates was able to score in double digits.

"I am satisfied with the way we played," Flier said. "Of course there is always room for improvement, but overall we are satisfied with this weekend."

Later on Sunday, winless Thailand and Puerto Rico will vie for the third place of the four-team round-robin tournament.