China beat Denmark in WCF World Women’s Curling Championship

AttheWCFWomen's World Championship in Silkeborg,Chinadefeated hosts Denmark to notch up an impressive 8-4 victory on Monday.

Earlier, the Chinese playerswere looking to stay the only undefeated rink at the tournament when they put their 4-0 record on the line against the hosts.

SkipperMei Jie spearheadedher side to thecomfortable victory that prevented the Danes from winning their first game.

TheChinese team wasexpected to winthe contest in their rivals'own backyard even thoughDenmark participated in the Winter Olympics six timesin the past.

Danish skipperMadeleine Dupont tookout one of her stones and loadedthe house with China's yellow rocks.

However,Wang Ruiwasable to draw around the outside to score two points.

Chinawent on tocapitalize on Danish mistakes to build an unassailable6-1 leadthat allowedthe PRC to cruise and simply ensure that Denmark didn'thave any big ends.

Thestrategy workedas Chinawenton to win 8-4 and improvedto 5-0as well as the first place in the round robin standings.

While speaking on her side's remarkable victory, Mei said,“Denmark are a team with great experience who competed in the World Championships many times. We had to pay more attention to every move we made and put all of our skills into practice. As a result, our opponent could not fight back and we got the victory.”

Meanwhile, her rival counterpart Dupont conceded,“They are very good. They playedlike professionals.It was very tough to beat them.”

(CGTN)