March 17, 2024
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Scotland face Denmark live on the ` on Monday
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Women's World Curling Championships |
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Venue: Sydney Center 200, Cape Breton, Canada. Dates: 16th – 24th March |
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Coverage: Scotland games will be streamed live on ` iPlayer, the ` Sport website and app – March 18 v Denmark (12pm GMT), March 20 v Switzerland (5pm), March 21 against Turkey (5:00 p.m.), March 22 against Japan (12:00 p.m.) and against Canada (5:00 p.m.). Semi-final March 23rd, final March 24th. |
Scotland have suffered a double defeat at the World Women's Curling Championships and are in 10th place out of 13 teams after three round-robin matches.
Rebecca Morrison's team followed up their opening loss to Norway in Nova Scotia with an 8-6 loss to New Zealand and an 8-2 loss to Italy.
But Morrison, whose rink is ranked 17th in the world, believes the Scots can still make it into the medal play-offs.
“Denmark and Sweden will be two very important games,” she said.
“There is still a lot to learn about the championships, so there is still a long way to go and hopefully we can bounce back tomorrow.” [Monday] because it is very important that we do this to get a good momentum for the coming week.”
Madeleine Dupont's Danish side lost their opening game to world number one Rachel Homan's Canada but have since beaten Turkey and Japan as they prepare for a game against the Scots, which will be broadcast live on the `.
The Swedish 2018 Olympic champion Anna Hasselborg, currently fifth in the world rankings, is at the bottom of the table after three defeats in a row – against Canada, Norway and Italy.
Morrison, Jen Dodds, Sophie Sinclair and Sophie Jackson were favorites against a New Zealand side that made its debut at this level last year and lost every game.
However, Jessica Smith's rink retained the upper hand after a two-point steal in the third end, and although the Scots scored three goals in the ninth to equalize, New Zealand secured their only win of the competition so far with the last stone.
“It took us a while to get going, the ice was skating a little faster than we were used to in the game before and we weren't quick enough and just had to find a way to adjust faster, which was unfortunate was,” Morrison said.
The Scots got an early steal against ninth-placed Italy, but reigning Olympic mixed doubles champion Stefania Constantinire jumped the field and responded with a steal of two in the fourth game to go 3-2 in the lead before securing victory.
“In fact, it felt like we were pretty much in control of the game against Italy in the first half, even though we conceded two goals,” Morrison said.
“It was just an unfortunate final stone because otherwise I felt like we played well, but in the second half we just missed it.”
The win means Italy is one of three teams, alongside hosts Canada and reigning champions Switzerland, to have a 100 per cent record so far, without Silvana Tirinzoni, who is aiming to win the title for a fifth consecutive time.
Watch live coverage of Scotland's fourth round-robin game against Denmark on Monday at 12:00 GMT on the ` Sport website and app
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