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| Hard Knocks in Beijing |
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| Women teams round of 8-2 - China v Germany |
2 |
| Italy - Poland Open Quarterfinal Set 1 |
3a |
| Defending against yourself, or the self sausage squeeze |
3b |
| A swing a minute |
4 |
| Open teams round of 8-3 - England v Romania |
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Reality set in for the Cinderella team from Romania, as the four-man squad was dispatched with relative ease by England in the Open series. The Romanians weren’t the only losers, of course. Eleven other teams were sent to the sidelines in the quarterfinal rounds of the Open, Women’s and Seniors.
The German women seemed unstoppable in the round robin and then blasted Brazil in the round of 16. In their quarterfinal match with China, the Germans trailed by only 2 IMPs going into the last set, but were trounced over the final 16 boards 48-2 to exit the event.
The USA women were in a nail-biter with Denmark until they pulled away over the last few boards.
Two days of semi-final play begin today. The key matches look to be Italy-Norway in the Open and China-USA in the Women’s. |
