On May 7, Beijing time, the 2021 Women's Curling World Championship continued to compete in a round-robin tournament, and the Chinese team led by Han Yu lost to the old rival South Korea 1-7, and then defeated italy 6-4, with a current record of 5 wins and 6 losses, still retaining the hope of advancing to the rematch.
This women's curling world championship, the Chinese team led by Han Yu made a good start, defeated Japan, Sweden and the Czech Republic, once won three consecutive victories, holding the initiative to qualify, but in the latest round, the Chinese team's state declined, the success rate of the fourth base Han Yu's hit and the success rate of the spinning pot were not as good as before, the Chinese team suffered consecutive defeats, and the situation of the rematch was precarious.
Today, the Chinese women's curling team has a one-day double match, successively facing South Korea and Italy, and if you want to qualify for the rematch, these two games cannot be lost. The South Korean team sent Kim Eun-jing's team, which has won the Asia-Pacific Championships twice, and was runner-up at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, creating the best asian curling in the Winter Olympics.
However, South Korean curling has been a series of negative scandals, Kim Eun-jing and five players through the TV media to expose the Korean Curling Association officials bribery and other scandals, the incident continued to ferment in South Korea, the department in charge of sports attaches great importance to it, and finally punished the relevant personnel for banning the game. Although the Kim Eun Jing team has regained justice, the training has been seriously affected, and it has recently suffered setbacks in various competitions, and it will take time to return to the peak.
In this Sino-Korean war, the two teams started to play cautiously, neither side took a risky attack, the first two innings exchanged white rolls, the third inning, the Chinese team attacked and defended tightly, only let the opponent get a point, and the fourth innings the two teams exchanged white rolls again. In the fifth set, Dong Ziqi and Han Yu made successive mistakes, and the Korean team stole a point to lead 2-0.
Next, the Chinese team is still not in an ideal state, starting from Zhang Lijun, the second base to the fourth base have different degrees of mistakes, the sixth inning was stolen by the South Korean team to three points, until the seventh inning, the Chinese team struggled to get the first point, at the end of the game, the South Korean team stole points again, and finally the Chinese team lost 1-7.
After a short break, the Chinese team took on the Italian women's curling team. In this game, both sides played a bit rigidly, the first and fourth innings were exchanged white papers, and after five innings, the Chinese team fell behind 1-2. The turning point came in the sixth inning, the Chinese team attacked with the backhand, Han Yu adopted the border area occupation tactic, the Italian team had obvious mistakes in the four bases and two shots, and the Chinese team seized the opportunity to get four points and take a 5-2 lead.
In the seventh set, the Chinese team successfully controlled the score first, and only let the Italian team get one point. In the next two sets, both sides scored a point in their respective backhands, and the Chinese team led 6-4. In the tenth set, the Chinese team played steadily, the Italian team shook hands in advance and conceded defeat, and finally the Chinese team defeated the Italian team 6-4 to win the fifth win of the round-robin tournament, and theoretically had the opportunity to break into the rematch.