On February 13, Beijing time, the women's curling round robin tournament of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics continued to be held at the National Aquatics Center, and the Chinese team ushered in the challenge of the old Asian rival South Korea. In the end, under the leadership of Wang Rui, the Chinese team defeated the South Korean team 6:5 to win two consecutive victories in this Winter Olympics, while the South Korean team suffered five consecutive defeats. The morale of the Chinese team was greatly boosted after the defending champions Sweden in the last game, and although the game was strongly impacted by the South Korean team, the four girls played steadily and won the whole game in the overtime game.
In the last round of competition, the Chinese women's curling team broke the biggest upset in the curling arena of the Winter Olympics, and they defeated the Pyeongchang Winter Olympic champion Sweden 9:6 to win their first victory since the start of the tournament. Before the battle with the South Korean team, the Chinese team had a record of 1 win and 3 losses, and the South Korean team's record was 4 defeats. Therefore, if the Chinese team wants to enter the next stage of the game, it must win the Korean team.
In this game, the lineup of the Chinese team is still Wang Rui, Han Yu, Dong Ziqi and Zhang Lijun.
The overall strength of the South Korean team in the Beijing Winter Olympic cycle has declined, and it has gradually faded out of the world's top. It is worth mentioning that the goal of both teams in this Winter Olympics is to enter the quarterfinals. After the game began, the two teams began to play a stand-up pot duel, and the Korean team took advantage of the opportunity of the backhand to get two points. In the second set, Wang Rui played a beautiful blow to help the Chinese team pull back a point. In the third inning, the Chinese team, which gradually entered the state, had a clear tactical thinking, gained the upper hand in the throws of the third and fourth bases, and finally managed to steal a point in the backhand of the South Korean team.
In the next two sets, the two sides once again staged a good play in the division, and after scoring one point each, China and South Korea drew 3:3 in the first half. In the 6th set, China's Wang Rui played well, playing the key ball in his two throws, allowing the South Korean team to score only one point in the backhand. Considering the competition between the first hand and the back hand in the last few innings, the Chinese team cleared all the pots in the scoring area in the seventh set, did not choose to score, but still retained the opportunity to play the backhand in the next set.
In the crucial eighth inning, the Chinese team had a backhand advantage, and began to stand in the division on the throws of first and second base. Fourth baseman Wang Rui accurately hit a pass in the last shot, and the Chinese team successfully scored 2 points. In the next two innings, the Korean team also chose to end 0:0 in the ninth inning, thus retaining the mobile phone meeting after the tenth set. Wang Rui of the Chinese team once again gave a wonderful double fly and successfully controlled the South Korean team to get a point. The two sides entered the overtime game, the South Korean team took the central position, the Chinese team used beautiful blows many times, and with Wang Rui's decision, the Chinese team successfully defeated the South Korean team and won two consecutive wins.
(Luo Treasurer)