MANILA, Philippines — THE Philippines made an immediate impact at the 9th Asian Winter Games in Harbin with a 12-6 upset of South Korea in the mixed doubles team event of curling on Tuesday at the Pingfang Curling Arena.
The unranked pair of Filipino-Swedish Marc Pfister and Filipino-American Kathleen Dubberstein turned out a nightmare for the world's No. 13 and Asia's top-seeded South Korean tandem of Jihoon Seong and Kim Kyeongae at the start of round robin games in Group A.