BALTIMORE: Spain swept four singles matches on Sunday (July 27) to capture the inaugural LPGA International Crown team match-play title with Belen Mozo
sinking an eight-foot birdie putt for the clinching point.
Mozo's clutch birdie at the par-5 16th hole defeated Thailand's Moriya Jutanugarn 3 and 2 to seal victory in the global showdown of eight four-woman
teams.
Mozo's victory meant the Spaniards could not be overtaken for the title in the two remaining matches
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"Is it official?" Mozo asked. Assured it was, she joined her celebrating teammates.
"Damn, it feels good," Mozo said. "I just wanted to close my match out. I had no idea. I'm thrilled I could do it."
The Spaniards, who trailed Japan by a point after three days of four-ball matches
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10 points and Thailand fifth, another point adrift.
Each member of the Spanish foursome collected $100,000 and a metal crown as well as a trophy symbolic of supremacy in the inaugural global match-play team
showdown at Caves Valley, which awarded two points for wins and one for halves.
Spain's Carlotta Ciganda routed South Korea's Choi Na-Yeon 8 and 6 and teammate Beatriz Recari downed Sweden's Mikaela Parmlid 3 and 2 to put Spain
ahead, setting the stage for Mozo.
"I love match play and I love playing for my country and my friends
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"It has been such an amazing week for us," Munoz said. "When we knew we won on the 15th green I almost lost it. I don't know how I could keep playing
because I was going to get a heart attack."
Spain won seven matches and halved another against only two losses, both coming Friday to top seed United States, which did not qualify for singles.
"We said coming into this weekend that we had an advantage being such good friends and so close to each other. We all stayed true to ourselves," Mozo said.
"There were a lot of great players here. We just had what other teams lacked."
Spain had been seeded fifth when the week began but expectations were turned on their head Saturday when the US team
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ALL SUPERSTARSMunoz was the highest-rated Spaniard at 20th with Mozo the lowest at 112th."We're just thrilled," Mozo said. "We don't have a lot of people compared to other teams but what we have, it's enough. It's not the quantity it's the
quality.
"We all are superstars and we all did our roles and we are all number one."Sweden pulled level with Spain on 11 points early after Pernilla Lindberg beat Thailand's Ariya Jutanugarn 6 and 5 and Anna Nordqvist took a 3-and-2 win
over Japan's Mamiko Higa, but the Swedes had no more matches remaining.
Korean Ryu So-Yeon edged Sakura Yokomine 1 up to deny Japan a vital point
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"It was too much pressure and I was putting too much thought on it," said Yokomine. "That's why it sliced out."
Japan went 1-3 on the final day. In all, only Spain and Sweden finished with winning records.
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, and Vietnam's Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong address young
people from both countries in Beijing on Tuesday. [Photo by Wu Zhiyi China
Daily]
China and Vietnam showed their determination on Tuesday to strengthen ties strained by maritime disputes last year by sealing a host of agreements and
pledging to tackle such friction properly.
The agreements signed in Beijing cover taxation relating to a joint exploration for oil and gas in the Beibu Gulf
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nike air max 2017 cuir femme , peacekeeping and joint television filming.Before witnessing the signings, Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, and Vietnam's Communist Party chief
Nguyen Phu Trong agreed to work together to manage and control maritime
frictions to safeguard peace and stability in the South China Sea.
Observers said Trong's visit, which follows tensions over a Chinese oil rig in the South China Sea in May
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and seek common ground while setting differences aside.
Trong said both countries are conducting reforms and need to enhance cooperation, tackle differences properly and build a peaceful environment for
development.
Accompanied by several ministers, Trong arrived in Beijing on Tuesday for a four-day visit. Xi greeted him with full military honors at the Great Hall of
the People
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It is the highest-profile trip to China by Vietnamese official since ties plunged after Hanoi protested Beijing setting up the oil rig near the Xisha
Islands, which are also claimed by Vietnam. The rig's operations were disrupted
by Vietnam. It also triggered anti-China demonstrations in Vietnam that turned
violent and left at least four Chinese dead.
Hoang The Anh, an expert from the Institute of Chinese Studies at the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, said Tuesday's top-level meeting could get the
bilateral relationship back on a healthy track and encourage communication
between diplomats, scholars and the public to resolve maritime issues
peacefully.
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