Scots forced to take long route to final

Published on 08/04/2012 00:06

Scotland just failed to take the direct route to today’s final at the World Men’s Curling Championship in Basel, Switzerland, as they went down to a 6-7 extra end loss to Canada in yesterday’s play-off game. As a result, they now face Sweden in the semi-final.

Scotland’s skip Tom Brewster responded to Canada’s single in the third with a draw for one shot in the fourth and then went into the half-time break 2-1 up, with a single steal in the fifth.

Canada levelled again with a single in the sixth and, in the seventh, Brewster drew again to score one and re-take the lead, by 3-2. But in the eighth, Canadian skip Glenn Howard played the shot of the match when he hit out two Scottish stones to score four and take a 6-3 lead.

Brewster counted two points in the ninth with a double take-out and the Scots forced an extra end Howard making no mistake, coming nicely into the rings for one point and a 7-6 victory.