February 16, Beijing time, the 12th match day of the Beijing Winter Olympics.
The single round robin stage of the curling event today entered the last match day of the Chinese team, the Chinese men's curling team will usher in the last opponent of the single round robin competition, Switzerland, after the Chinese team's record of 3 wins and 5 losses ranked seventh, the current distance from the fourth ranked team in the United States is only one win, if the Chinese team wins the game smoothly today, the same four-win American team and the Russian and Austrian teams lose the game, the Chinese team has the possibility of promotion, of course, all this is mentioned in doing our own!
At the beginning of the game, the Swiss team took the lead in getting the backhand advantage, the first innings of the two teams were very tacit to adapt to the field with a 0-0 score, and in the second inning, the Chinese team adopted the conventional central station protection play, but the Swiss team hit a three-fly directly to dissolve all the defenses, the Chinese team's fourth base Ma Xiuyue suspended the line slightly off, and the Swiss team successfully stood and scored two points. In the third set, the Chinese team was ideal in the early stage, but the Swiss team showed a strong ability to hit the fourth base, defusing the crisis, and the Chinese team only got one point in the backhand.
In the fourth set, the chinese team's layout strategy was still remarkable in the implementation, and the Swiss team got a point in the back hand. The fifth and fourth innings are almost mirror images, the Chinese team 3-3 and the opponent into the second half, the sixth inning, the Chinese team took the lead in choosing the center of the circle position, and carried out the follow-up peripheral position protection, the Swiss team saw the situation can not get a big score, simply vigorously clear the pot directly 0-0 into the next inning, the seventh inning, the Swiss team wants to change passive to active, now the central area has a stand, the Chinese team three basemen Zou Qiang played three fly, the situation was instantly clear, the Swiss team's big score intention fell short again, got a point.
In the eighth inning, the situation was played by the Swiss team very simple, and the Chinese team could only accept a point. In the ninth inning, the Chinese team had a sample, let the score come to 4-5 to enter the tenth inning, the last innings of the Chinese team was in the backhand, the Swiss team tried to use a large number of positions in the central area to muddy the situation, but instead it was a mistake, the Chinese team did not miss the opportunity, Ma Xiuyue's last pot was firmly determined, and he won two points 6-5 to defeat Switzerland, and the record came to 4 wins and 5 losses.
The Chinese team has completed all the single round robin matches, whether it can qualify or not is still waiting for the result of the last match between the Russian Olympic Committee team and the American team, but whether it can be promoted or not, we must praise the men's team that has a success rate of more than 90% today, we see the level that the lads can reach, as long as we improve our stability, we can beat any opponent!