In the seventh game, the Scottish team only got 1 point, and then they gave up in advance. The Chinese team won the first victory in this competition at 7:4.
Xinhua News Agency, Suzhou, September 13 (reporter Wang Hengzhi) the 2018 cold water jug World Cup Suzhou station continued to compete in three individual group matches between men and women and mixed doubles on the 13th, both China male and female teams and the mixed team won the first victory of this competition. Among them, the Chinese men’s team defeated Sweden, the champion of the 2018 World Championship, and broke a big cold.
The most outstanding performance of the Chinese team on that day was the match between the Chinese men’s team and Sweden in the evening. The Swedish team led by Nicholas Edin was the runner-up of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics and the champion of the 2018 World Championship. Their strength was very strong. However, they were in general state in this competition and lost to the US team in the first round, the second round failed to defeat Norway in the last round. The Chinese team scored 2 points in the first game of this game, and successfully stole points in the following three games. After the four games, they led by 5:0. Although the Swedish team scored 2 points in the fifth game, the Chinese team scored 2 more points in the sixth game, forcing the opponent to throw in the defeat in two games in advance by 7:2, which broke a cold spot on that day.
In the second round of the Chinese men’s team, the Chinese boys also performed well. In the face of the American team, the veteran Pei Singh, the Chinese team had been biting the score and scored 2 points in the sixth game, surpassing the opponent by 5:4. In the seventh game, the US team scored 1 point, and the two teams drew again. However, in the last game, Yan Jialiang made a mistake at the critical moment. The Chinese team’s backhand was stolen 1 point and unfortunately lost to the US team at 5:6. Yan Jialiang said frankly that he was a little sorry after the game, but he was satisfied with the performance. This new and old team still needs time to run in.
In the women’s second round group match, the Chinese team played against the Scottish team. In the first round, the Chinese team lost against the Swedish team, the champion of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, while the Scottish team narrowly beat the Japanese team. The Chinese team made a perfect start in this game. In the first game, the Chinese team scored 4 points and took the lead with 4:0. Since then, the game has been relatively stable, and the Chinese team leads 5:3 in the four games. In the fifth game, the Chinese team won 1 point, and in the key sixth game, they won 1 point, leading by 7:3. In the seventh game, the Scottish team only got 1 point, and then they gave up in advance. The Chinese team won the first victory in this competition at 7:4.
The mixed pair of Chinese team Yu Jiaxin/Wang Xiangkun also had two rounds of competition on the same day. Facing the American team Sarah Anderson/Cory delopkin, Chinese team had almost no strength to fight, they lost 2:9 and suffered two consecutive losses in this competition. But in the third round of the competition with South Korean group Jiang Huili/Cui Zhiyuan, the young mixed pair finally won the first victory. In this game, the two teams scored 2 points in the first two games. In the third game, the Chinese team scored 1 point, but it was 3 points by the opponent in the fourth game, but it was 3:5 behind. In the fifth game, the South Korean team made a major mistake. The Chinese team got 5 points and got the lead again. Later, the South Korean team made another mistake. The Chinese team stole 3 points first, forcing the opponent to admit defeat in two games in advance.
The cold water jug World Cup is an international important points event launched by the World Federation of cold water jug in 2018. It is held once a year and held four stops in inaugural event, Europe, North America and Beijing, China (finals) on Suzhou, China, there were men’s, women’s and mixed doubles competitions in the competition. 24 teams from 10 countries and regions participated in the Suzhou station competition. Each single 8 teams were divided into two groups for double round-robin tournament, the first of the two groups will compete for the championship.