On February 6, Beijing time, the mixed doubles curling round robin tournament of the Beijing Winter Olympics continued, and the Chinese combination Of Fan Suyuan / Ling Zhi ushered in the penultimate opponent of the round robin - the World Championship champion British team. Before the game, Italy won all 6 games and rode the dust, Sweden temporarily ranked second with 5 wins and 2 losses, Britain and Canada were 4 wins and 2 losses, the United States and Norway were 3 wins and 3 losses, China, Switzerland and the Czech Republic were all 2 wins and 4 losses, and Australia was at the bottom of the points with 7 wins and 7 losses. Although the Chinese team still has the hope of advancing to the semi-finals, the next two games are hard battles.
In the first game, the Chinese team was a little careless, and it was stolen by the opponent, but in the second set, Fan Suyuan/Ling Zhi got two points to stabilize the position. In the next two sets, the Chinese team stole a point in a row, and after half-time, they took a 4-1 lead. In the second half of the game, the British team used the border zone tactics to score three points in the fifth set, and the Chinese team was stolen by a mistake in the sixth set, trailing 4-5. In the seventh set, the Chinese team got a point in the backhand, and in the eighth set, the Chinese team failed to steal points, and finally lost to the British team 5-6, suffering five consecutive losses.
This game against the British team is still a bit regrettable, and there are 3 points in the middle, and there are many opportunities to expand the advantage if they can play well. So this game was really lost by a narrow margin, but it was really good to be able to play like this, two games a day for a few days, and the physical strength and excitement have decreased. The next game was still very difficult, just try to play well. After losing this game, the Chinese team's record is 2 wins and 5 losses, and the hope of advancing to the final four is not optimistic!
In addition, the U.S. team played with the Czech team today, the first game, the United States team Persinger / Phyllis came up to steal a point first, followed by two sets, both sides scored three points, the fourth inning, Persinger / Phyllis had a serious mistake, the defense loophole was larger, the Czech team backhand throw pot to get four points, after half-time, the United States team fell behind 4-7.
In the second half, Perzeng/Phyllis scored three runs in the fifth inning to tie the score. In the sixth innings, the two sides exchanged white papers. In the seventh inning, Persinger/Phyllis scored a point, in the eighth inning, the Czech Republic scored three points, and finally the United States lost 8-10, and the prospects for the final four were not optimistic.