On February 5, 2022, Beijing time, the 2022 Winter Olympic Curling Mixed Doubles Round Robin Tournament continued to be held at the Beijing National Aquatics Center "Ice Cube", and the Chinese team faced the United States team. On the last match day, the Chinese curling mixed doubles team played against the defending champion Canada, facing the experienced Morris/Homan, Ling Zhi/Fan Suyuan's performance was still good, but unfortunately there was a gap between the experience of the competition and the other side, and finally lost 6-8 to the opponent, suffering two consecutive losses in the round robin tournament.
Today's China team is another day of double matches, the first match against the United States team combination Ofsinger/Phyllis. In the first set, the Chinese team started well, occupying the advantage of the field in the top three hands, but the American combination played a double fly on the fifth shot, and the American combination took a 2-0 lead. Although the Chinese team pulled back 1 point in the second set, the United States team won 1 point in the third set with a backhand advantage, and the Chinese team fell behind 1-3.
In the fourth game, the Chinese team threw the pot with the back hand, Persinger/Phyllis defended tightly, Fan Suyuan prepared for the double fly with the last shot, she predicted accurately after the shot, felt that the strength was small, but Ling Zhi wiped the ice with excellent skills, worked hard to wipe the ice, and finally this double fly was successful, getting two points, and the Chinese team chased the score 3-3.
In the fifth set, the Chinese team returned to the first hand again, although the Chinese team completed a double flight in the fifth shot, but the last shot was wrong, the American team took three points, and the fifth game ended, and the Chinese team fell behind the American combination 3-6. In the sixth set, the Chinese team threw the pot in the back hand, and with the success of Fan Suyuan/Ling Zhi's last shot, the Chinese team scored two points again, and the six sets of the war ended, and the Chinese combination temporarily lagged behind the American combination 5-6.
However, After that, Fan Suyuan/Ling Zhi could not create a threat to the opponent, and eventually lost 5-7, suffering three consecutive defeats. In this way, after the Chinese team lost to sweden, Canada and the United States, the record of the Chinese curling mixed doubles team came to 2 wins and 3 losses. Next, Ling Zhi/Fan Suyuan will play 4 round-robin matches, including Norway, England, Italy and the Czech Republic, and still have the opportunity to qualify for the top four and advance to the semi-finals. Come on!
In the other match, the Italian duo of Constantini/ Mosaniel defeated the Australian duo of Gill/Hewitt 7-3 to win five consecutive games and remain unbeaten, and the duo also became the biggest dark horse in mixed doubles curling. In addition, the Swedish duo of De Waal/Eriksen won the third game with a 6–1 victory over the Swiss duo of Pere/Rios. The Norwegian duo of Skarslien/NederLegten forced the Australian duo of Gill/Hewitt to concede two sets in advance 10-4, giving their opponents six straight losses.