SWIFT CURRENT, Sask. – Canada’s Chelsea Carey and her Calgary-based rink beat Switzerland’s Binia Feltscher 7-4 on Sunday morning in Draw 3 of the women’s curling world championship. It’s Canada’s (2-0) second close win of the tournament after an 8-7 win over Denmark in extra ends in Draw 1.
Both the Canadians and Switzerland (1-1) played conservatively with a series of blanks in the early ends keeping the score low.
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The Swiss reigning world champion appeared to pull away in the seventh end, stealing a deuce after Carey’s final throw came up short.
But Feltscher handed the lead back to Canada in the ninth with a missed tap.
Switzerland failed to force extra ends when it missed a double takeout in the 10th.
Canada will be on the ice again on Sunday night as Carey takes on Erika Brown of the United States in Draw 5.
Feltscher, who started the game with the hammer, took a 1-0 lead in the first end with a simple hit and roll.
A series of runbacks by both rinks led to a scoreless second and third, but Canada took a 2-1 lead after the fourth as Carey picked up a deuce.
The fifth was also scoreless after another blank, with Switzerland tying it 2-2 in the sixth with a simple takeout.
Feltscher stole two in the seventh when Carey’s final stone came well short of its target, giving the Swiss a 4-2 lead.
Canada kept it close in the eighth, hitting a single to cut into Switzerland’s lead.
Feltscher missed tapping her own rock on to the button in the ninth end, giving Canada three points and a 6-4 lead.
Canada called a timeout to consult with coach Charley Thomas before Carey’s last throw of the 10th end. The meeting worked, as Switzerland couldn’t move Canada’s well-placed shot.
Carey and her teammates hope to end a lengthy gold-medal drought for Canada, which has not won a world championship since Winnipeg’s Jennifer Jones in 2008. Carey earned the right to represent Canada at the world championship after winning the Scotties Tournament of Hearts on Feb. 28 in Grand Prairie, Alta.
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