The 12th round of the Women's Curling Round Robin tournament at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics ended at the National Aquatics Center, and according to the round robin results, the final four lists were all born, and the Chinese team finally ranked seventh with 4 wins and 5 losses. Semi-finals against each other: Switzerland vs Japan, Sweden vs Uk. On February 18, Beijing time, the women's curling of the Beijing Winter Olympics ushered in the semi-final competition, and the first group of duels was Japan against Switzerland. In the end, Japan defeated Switzerland 8-6 to advance to the final for the first time, setting a record high.
In this game, the Swiss team took the lead in throwing the pot with the backhand, the two teams exchanged white rolls in the first set, in the second set, the Swiss team got a point in the backhand, and in the next two sets, the two sides got one point each in their respective backhands, and in the fifth game, the Japanese team got four points in the backhand to lead 5-2.
In the sixth set, the Japanese team continued to work hard and stole a point first, and the Swiss team scored three points in the seventh set to rewrite the score to 5-6. In the next two sets, each side scored a point, and Japan led 7-6. In the tenth set, the Japanese team chose the tactic of clearing the pot, the Swiss team's last shot was hidden behind the central zone placer, and the Japanese team scored the last shot, and there was a thrilling backhand to get 1 point. In the end, he defeated Switzerland 8-6 and reached the final of the Winter Olympics for the first time in history. It is worth noting that the Swiss team ranked first in the round robin tournament, and the Japanese team advanced to the final, so that two consecutive Winter Olympics have Asian teams reaching the final (the previous one was South Korea).
The other group was England vs. Sweden. In this game, both sides have more obvious ups and downs, the opening Swedish team got four points, the British team got three points in the second set, followed by two innings, the two sides got a point, the British team stole a point in the fifth set, after halftime, the British team temporarily led 5-4.
In the first two sets of the second half, both sides won two points each, and in the eighth game, the Swedish team only got one point in the backhand, but in the ninth set, the Swedish team made a serious mistake, and Muirhead seized the opportunity to get four points to open the score at 11-8.
In the tenth inning, the Swedish team, which threw the pot in the back hand, dared to play and successfully scored three points to tie the score. In the overtime, the British team attacked with the backhand, they scored a point steadily, thus beating sweden 12-11 to advance to the final, so that the British team will compete with Japan for the championship, look forward to it!