In the fourth round of the Mixed Doubles Round of the Winter Olympics, the combination of Fan Suyuan and Ling Zhi of the Chinese team faced the combination of Devar and Eriksen of sweden. Before the match, the Chinese team won the first two consecutive rounds against Switzerland and Australia, and the third round was a bye. It is worth mentioning that the Swedish combination of the Chinese team in this campaign has won the 2019 World Championship championship and the 2021 World Championship third place, which shows its strength.
In this game, the Chinese team holds the red pot, while the Swedish team holds the yellow pot.
In the first set, the Swedish backhand. The Chinese team threw the red pot into the red zone at the beginning, and Fan Suyuan's last shot was also close to the red zone. Sweden's last shot, De Waal, played a backhand advantage and pushed the Chinese team's red ball out of the red zone, scoring a point first. 0-1, the Chinese team fell behind first. This is also the first time that the Chinese combination has fallen behind since the Winter Olympics.
In the 2nd set, the Chinese team backhand. Ling Zhi threw a direct shot into the center of the circle, and Eriksen threw a second throw into the red zone. Ling Zhi'er threw a defensive position on the periphery to block the opponent's route, and then defended on the left side, blocking the 2 yellow pots behind him. De Waal gave up the attack on the last throw and strategically controlled the points. Fan Suyuan's last arc attack failed and he scored 2 points. The Chinese team reversed the score, 2-1
In the 3rd inning, the Swedish team backhand. Van Suyuan placed the defense directly on the perimeter with one shot, and de Waal went straight into the center of the circle around the defense. Ling Zhi threw himself into the red zone, and his strength was slightly greater. Erikson threw the pot into the red zone as well. Ling Zhi'er threw a powerful double fly, crashed into a yellow pot, and opened a yellow pot on top, a beautiful blow. Eriksen attacked again into the red zone and topped the red pot slightly. Ling Zhi attacked, bypassing the defense and entering the red zone. Fan Suyuan made the last shot, hit the yellow pot and pushed the red pot into the center of the circle. De Waal made a mistake on the last shot. After the referee entered the field to measure, it was determined that the yellow pot was closer to the center of the circle. Sweden scored two consecutive points to tie the score again, 3-2.
In the 4th set, the Chinese team backhand. De Waal threw a shot into the center of the circle. Ling Zhiyi made a mistake in a powerful blow, knocking the red pot out of bounds. Erikson made a perfect shot, entering the center of the circle at the same time, pushing the red pot out of the red zone, but Ling Zhi successfully knocked the yellow pot out of the red zone. Erikson also used color to knock the red pot out of bounds. Ling Zhisantou once again entered the center of the circle. De Waal's last throw went into the red zone, Fan Suyuan's last shot also went into the red zone, and the Chinese team scored another point, 3-3.
In the 5th inning, the Australian team backhand. Despite Fan Suyuan's low-level mistakes, the Chinese team turned passive into active with two accurate spinning sticks, and took the lead in stealing points. 4-3, the Chinese team once again led.
In the 6th inning, the Australian team backhand. As soon as Eriksen threw himself into the circle, Ling Zhi ejected the yellow pot into the boundary. Erikson made mistakes and stayed away from the red zone. Ling Zhi made a perfect shot and knocked out all two curlers in the opponent's camp. Fan Suyuan took the last shot and knocked the yellow pot out of the base camp. De Waal made his last shot into the red zone and scored a point. 4-4, the two sides drew again.
In the 7th set, the Chinese team backhand. Ling Zhi continued to protect the perimeter, and Erikson vigorously hit the flying red pot. Ling Zhi made consecutive pot throwing mistakes, too much power, and was far away from the red zone. De Waal took the last shot and went into the red zone. Fan Suyuan knocked the yellow pot out of bounds with the last throw, leaving 2 red pots. The referee entered the field again to measure and decided that the red pot was closer to the center of the circle. The Chinese team scored 2 points and once again reversed the score, 6-4.
In the 8th inning, the Swedish team backhand. Erikson threw a counter-stick and went directly into the center of the circle, and Ling Zhi's throw was too strong and pasted on the red zone line. Erikson threw the pot into the red zone again, and Ling Zhi threw the pot into the red zone after repeated weighing. Eriksen's last shot knocked out two curling hurdles for The Chinese team. Fan Suyuan made a mistake in the last shot and stopped in front of the camp, and De Waal made the last shot, knocked out two curlers of the Chinese team, directly got 3 points, and finally came behind to kill the Chinese team 7-6. China's high-value combination suffered the first defeat of the Winter Olympics.
For the defeat of the Chinese combination, former curling world champion Yue Qingshuang criticized that the loss of this game was not perfect due to the defense (the choice of defensive direction and the landing point of the player's ball). However, in her opinion, since this is only a single round robin and the first 2 rounds are won, there is still a great chance to reach the final four in the future.