HARBIN, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) — China stored the right report by taking its third straight victory over the Philippines 9-6, whereas Japan additionally gained three video games in a row within the curling combined doubles Group A on the Asian Winter Games right here on Wednesday.
China’s Han Yu and Wang Zhiyu beat the Kyrgyzstan pair within the morning. In the primary two ends, every staff scored one level. In the following two ends, China scored two factors after which stole one other two. Kyrgyzstan managed to claw again two factors within the fifth finish, however the Chinese staff didn’t permit them to slender the hole additional, in the end successful 8-3.
In the second sport, China rapidly established a snug 8-0 lead over the Philippines marching into the second half.
After the Philippines gained the fifth and seventh ends to scale back the hole to a few factors, Wang remained composed by hitting an ideal double takeout earlier than the Filipinos conceded the defeat.
The victory for China triggered rounds of applause from the viewers after curlers lifted their brushes into the air.
“They are a strong team, we’ve prepared a lot for the game as we have accumulated some experiences from our first two games. Our performance was not bad,” mentioned Han
After successful over Thailand and Mongolia, Japan additionally recorded its third victory on Wednesday by beating Hong Kong, China 9-3.
South Korea who misplaced to the Philippines on Monday, didn’t give its opponents any possibilities by rolling previous Kazakhstan 12-0 and Qatar 14-1.
In one other match of the day, Chinese Taipei additionally triumphed twice, beating Kuwait 13-3 and successful over Mongolia 8-4.
The Philippines, who was thought of to be a darkish horse, had its shocking performances with three straight victories till its first loss to China.
With their curling staff solely arrange in 2023, the Filipinos have dispatched 20 athletes to the Games, half of them are curlers.
On the final day of round-robin, the trio of China, Japan and South Korea will all play twice, together with a showdown between China and South Korea.