Scots forced to take long route to final

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.