Curling: Scots recover to edge China out in Basel

Published on 04/04/2012 01:18

Scotland recovered from their second loss of the week, a 3-5 defeat to France in yesterday afternoon’s round-robin play at the World Men’s Curling Championship in Basel, Switzerland, with a solid 7-6 win over China in their evening session.

The Scots were more in control against China than the result suggests. Skip Tom Brewster produced a nice come-around in the third end to eventually draw for two shots and make the first break-through. However, the real turning point came in the sixth when two early Scottish freezes onto Chinese stones gave Brewster a straightforward draw for three and a 5-3 lead.

Eventually, China could only score one in the tenth end to give Scotland their fifth win of the week – a result that puts them in joint second place with China and Sweden behind unbeaten Canada, who have seven wins, and keeps them right in the weekend medal hunt.