Curling: Unbeaten Scotland on top in Russia
Both Russia, who beat the USA by 9-3 in just seven ends, and Sweden, who had a 6-4 win over Canada, recorded their third wins, and these two teams, along with Canada and Italy, now share third place with records of three wins and two losses.
Scotland maintained their unbeaten status in the tournament with a solid performance against Italy and afterwards, Scotland skip Kyle Smith, said: “We got off to a good start and then had a slack couple of ends and we let them back into it, but we held ourselves together.”