China romped to a 16-3 win over Hong Kong in their opening round robin women’s water polo match at the Sanya Asian Beach Games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Xie Linshan top-scored for China with seven goals while Yin Yiting and Yang Shengxuan picked up three each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hong Kong led 2-1 in the first quarter, but were totally outplayed by the marauding Chinese in the next three.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
China scored four unanswered goals in each of the next two quarters to take a commanding 9-2 lead going into the final quarter. The last quarter was another one-sided affair with China scoring seven against a consolation goal by Hong Kong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In another round robin match, Kazakhstan needed a penalty shootout to defeat Thailand after both teams finished level 9-9 at the end of the regulation game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yana Smolina and Antropova Vassilissa converted their penalties for Kazakhstan while Pompin Ngamcharoensuktaworn and Pittayaporn Kwantongtanaree missed theirs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Earlier, Kasakhstan started strongly to lead Thailand 6-3 in the first quarter but Thailand whittled down the lead in the next three quarters to draw level and force the shootout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pittayaporn scored four of Thailand\u2019s goal in normal play before missing out in the shootout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In contrast, Kazakshtan\u2019s shootout heroines Smolina and Vassilissa picked up three goals each in normal play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With the opening ceremony scheduled for later today, the two water polo matches were the only competition scheduled for the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cambodia are participating in teqball, beach wrestling, jiu jitsu and aquathlon at the Games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
RESULTS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Water Polo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Women <\/strong>Kazakhstan bt Thailand 9-9 (2-0 on penalty); China beat Hong Kong, China 16-3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" China romped to a 16-3 win over Hong Kong in their opening round robin women’s water polo match<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11948,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[398,131],"class_list":["post-11947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsbeat","tag-asian-beach-games","tag-waterpolo"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t