Beijing time on December 21 news, curling national training team Olympic selection competition fifth station in Beijing Shougang Park into the second day. In the mixed doubles match, Nan Jiawen / Liu Sijia overcame the unfavorable situation with four points in the seventh set, defeating Cheng Kuo / Cao Chang 7-4, and Ling Zhi defeated Zang Jialiang 7-5, and then narrowly defeated Liu Rui / Wang Rui 7-6, a one-day double victory.
Nan Jiawen / Liu Sijia 7 to 4 Cheng Kuo / Cao Chang
The two players of the Nan Jiawen team are Nan Jiawen and Liu Sijia, and the two players of the Cheng Kuo team are Cheng Kuo and Cao Chang, in this game, the Nan Jiawen team uses red curling, and the Cheng Kuo team uses yellow curling. In the first game, the Nan Jiawen team attacked first, and Nan Jiawen and Liu Sijia started well, using Cao Chang and Cheng Kuo to steal a point first.
In the second game, Nan Jiawen / Liu Sijia successfully controlled the score, only let the opponent get one point, and the two sides fought to a draw. In the next two sets, Nan Jiawen / Liu Sijia had a backhand advantage, but neither the pitch nor the hit played to the best level, Liu Sijia continued to deviate, was stolen by Cheng Kuo / Cao Chang for two consecutive sets to steal a point, at the end of the first half, Nan Jiawen / Liu Sijia temporarily fell behind 1-3.
After a short break, the second half of the game begins. In the fifth set, Nan Jiawen / Liu Sijia continued to attack from the backhand, the two sides fought in the base camp, there were multiple curlers close to the center of the circle, Liu Sijia's last shot did not form a scoring pot, so they only got one point, rewriting the score to 2-3.
In the sixth set, the competition between the two sides was very fierce, after Cao Chang's last shot, a red pot and a yellow pot were almost the same as the center of the circle, and after the referee's measurement, Cheng Kuo's team got a point. In the seventh set, Cheng Kuo and Cao Chang both made mistakes of varying degrees, and Liu Sijia seized the opportunity with the last shot and successfully scored four points to win the score 6-4.
In the eighth set, Cheng Kuo's backhand attacked, Liu Sijia made the last shot to defend, a red pot stayed in the center of the circle, next to two yellow pots, this ball hit the difficulty is not small, Cao Chang's last shot was wrong, did not hit any curling, directly slipped out of the base camp, Nan Jiawen / Liu Sijia stole a point, defeated Cheng Kuo / Cao Chang 7-4.
In another match at the same time, Ling Zhi defeated Zang Jialiang 7-5.
Ling Zhi/Fan Suyuan 7-6 Liu Rui/Wang Rui
Wang Rui and Liu Rui are both seasoned players in the competition, and Wang Rui has won medals at the 2016 and 2017 Mixed Doubles World Championships with Bade xin and won the fourth place in the mixed doubles event at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. Liu Rui participated in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi as the main player and finished fourth, creating the best result in Chinese men's curling history.
In the Beijing Winter Olympic cycle, Wang Rui and Liu Ruiqiang joined forces and deserve attention. In this game, Liu Rui/ Wang Rui faced Ling Zhi / Fan Suyuan, Liu Rui used red curling, and Ling Zhi used yellow curling. In the first set, Ling Zhi/Fan Suyuan relied on the backhand offensive opportunity to be aggressive and successfully scored two points, and in the second set, the two young players dared to fight and steal a point first, taking the lead 3-0.
In the third set, Liu Rui / Wang Rui controlled the situation, both the spinning pot and the blow were in place, successfully got two points, in the fourth set, Ling Zhi / Fan Suyuan played steadily, successfully scored two points, at the end of the first half they led 5-2. After a short break, the second half of the game begins. In the fifth set, Wang Rui made a mistake in the last shot, and Ling Zhi/Fan Suyuan stole two points to open the score 7-2.
In the sixth game, Liu Rui / Wang Rui continued to throw the pot with the backhand, the two controlled the situation, as Wang Rui bumped his hand, the two red pots were closer to the center of the circle, liu Rui / Wang Rui got two points. In the seventh set, Fan Suyuan sneaked out of the base camp with the last shot, and Liu Rui/Wang Rui stole a point to chase the score to 5-7. In the eighth set, Liu Rui / Wang Rui continued to work hard, stealing another point first, but unable to return to heaven, and finally lost to Ling Zhi / Fan Suyuan 6-7. (Ren Xin)