On February 5, 2022, the Winter Olympic Curling Mixed Doubles Round Robin Tournament continued, the Chinese combination Ling Zhi / Fan Suyuan played, ushering in the fifth opponent of the American combination Ofples / Pessinger, the latter is not bad, won the world championship bronze medal, is far ahead in the world rankings, and finally Ling Zhi / Fan Suyuan lost 5-7 to Pulis / Pesinger, high and low walk suffered a three-game loss, failed to continue the previous good performance.
At the end of the four rounds, Ling Zhi/Van Suyuan and Pulis/Peisinger are both 2 wins and 2 losses, Ling Zhi/Van Suyuan narrowly defeated the Swiss duo rios/Perret 7-6 in the first game, defeated the Australian duo of Ishecht/Gill 6-5 in the second game, lost 6-7 to the Swedish combination Eriksson/De Waal in the third game, and lost 6-8 to the Canadian duo of Morris/Homan, who was the champion of the project at the last Winter Olympics.
Pulis/Pessinger narrowly defeated the Australian duo of Yhechte/Gill 6-5 in the first game, lost 4-8 to the Italian duo of Mosana/Constantini in the second game, lost 6-11 to the Norwegian duo of Nedregoten/Skarslien in the third game, and defeated the Swedish combination eriksson/De Waal in the fourth game, Andples/Peisinger is currently ranked fifth in the world, and the best result of the bronze medal at the World Championships is indeed not to be underestimated.
According to the rules of the tournament, after the round robin, the top four combinations of the total results advanced, competing for three medals, only the fourth place did not have the opportunity to get on the podium, the Chinese combination Ling Zhi / Fan Suyuan although the partnership was not long, but in the opening game upset Olympic runner-up Rioss / Perret, with the world champion Eriksson / De Waal, the previous champion Morris / Homan, have a fierce competition.
In the first four innings, the two sides were evenly divided, the first set Ofis/Pessinger scored 2 consecutive points, the second set Ling Zhi / Fan Suyuan steadily recovered 1 point, the third set Pulis / Peisinger scored, extending the lead to 3-1, the fourth set Ling Zhi / Fan Suyuan played well, scored 2 consecutive points to chase 3 draws, although the comprehensive strength of Pulis / Pasinger is stronger, but Ling Zhi / Fan Suyuan tenacious fighting spirit is admirable.
In the fifth set, the American combination began to exert force, Pulis/Pessinger seized on Ling Zhi/Fan Suyuan's mistake and scored 3 consecutive points to open up the point difference, in the sixth set Ling Zhi/Fan Suyuan stepped up the offensive and recovered 2 points to 5-6, the seventh set was the most critical, Pulis/Pesinger used a more conservative tactic, only 1 point was scored, and the eighth inning the two sides did not achieve anything, and finally Pulis/Pessinger won the game 7-5.
In the curling mixed doubles event, the best result of the Chinese team was the runner-up of the World Championships and the fourth place in the Winter Olympics, but Ling Zhi/Fan Suyuan was not a long partner after all, the experience of the competition was worse, and it was worth summarizing the three consecutive defeats, and I also hoped that Ling Zhi/Fan Suyuan would continue to cheer.