The Chinese men’s team and the mixed double team both won and lost in two battles. The Chinese women’s team, who took the lead in the war, lost to the Canadian team at 1:4.
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, May 9 (reporter Lu Xianting, Wu Shuguang) the cold water jug World Cup finals of the 2018-2019 season began the second match day in Beijing on the 9th, the Chinese men’s team and the mixed double team both won and lost in two battles. The Chinese women’s team, who took the lead in the war, lost to the Canadian team at 1:4.
In the third round of the men’s team that night, the Chinese team and the Canadian team staged a wonderful duel. The Chinese team sent a team composed of badxin, Zou Qiang, Wang Zhiyu and Xu Jingtao. In the first game, the Chinese team took the lead in winning 2 points, and the Canadian team returned 2 points in the second game. In the third game, the Chinese team relied on the advantage of the rear-player pitching pot to get 3 points, and then forced the opponent to get 0 points in the fourth game. Both sides scored 1 point in the fifth and sixth games. The Chinese team led Canada’s first team 6:3, but in the seventh game, the Chinese team declined slightly and was pulled back 2 points by the opponent. After entering the key eighth game, the Chinese team threw a pot. Before the last pot was thrown, there were only two pots left in the base camp. The fourth base Bader Xinping was full of breath, and he firmly hit the other side two pots out of the camp and locked the victory. The Chinese team defeated Canada team one at 7:5.
Vice captain badxin said after the game: “There must be pressure in the final pitch. The way to relieve pressure is to have a chat with teammates and help me find some correct pitching power.”
Before the match with Canada, the Chinese men’s team also had a contest with the US team, but they were defeated by 3:7. Fortunately, a few hours later, the Chinese team quickly recovered. Captain Zou Qiang said: “After losing the last game, we went back to summarize. In this game, we had a much better communication on the details of the game than the last one, and we have improved.”
After the three-round contest in Men’s match, the Chinese team and the world championship Swedish team both scored 2 wins and 1 Minus Plus 6 points, tied for the first place in Group A, the Canadian second team in Group B, the Scottish team, the Norwegian team also scored 6 points.
In the mixed doubles competition, China’s Cao Chang/Yuan Mingjie first defeated Swiss team Michelle Yeji/Sven Michelle at 9:7, and ushered in the first victory of this competition. But in the match against the US team in the afternoon, the Chinese team lost to the opponent at 4:13.
After the three-round competition, the Chinese mixed doubles group temporarily ranked third in the group. Cao Chang said after the game: “The goal of this game is to play every game well and learn more from them by competing with the strong teams in the Olympic Games and World Championships.”
In the women’s cold water jug competition, the Chinese team lost to Canada 1:4. Jiang Xiaolun, the captain of the Chinese women’s team, said frankly after the game that although he lost the ball today, he was delighted to see the progress of the team. This time I competed with the Olympic champion with the mentality of learning and gained a lot.
On the 10th, the Chinese women’s team will face the Japanese team and the American team respectively. The Chinese men’s team will play against Sweden, while the Chinese mixed doubles team will face the Swiss team one and the Canadian team one respectively.