Swiss curlers bring Sweden to its knees at the World Cup

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The further program of the Geneva quartet Pablo Lachat, Sven Michel, Yannick Schwaller and Benoît Schwarz is still completely open. They close the round robin with 11 wins from 12 games and can start the following games with the advantage of the last tile. The opponent in the semifinals will only be determined in the quarterfinals on Saturday evening from 8 p.m. Swiss time. The two quarter-finals in turn will only be reached in the last round-robin round (without Swiss participation), which will be held on Saturday evening.

The duel between the Swiss and the Swedes, whose excellent skip Niklas Edin is aiming for his fifth world title in a row, was in balance for the longest time. In the first half of the game, both teams only managed to convert the advantage of the last stone into a point. The Swedes gained a real advantage with a stolen stone in the 8th end and led 5:3. But the Swiss crew eventually fought back: a stroke of genius from Benoît Schwarz gave her a triple house in the 9th end and she stole two stones in the 10th end. The Swiss and Sweden play at this World Cup tournament at a level worthy of two finalists.

The match against the Japanese led by Riku Yanagisawa remained exciting until the end. After trailing 5:6, the Swiss managed to win a two-man home in the 10th end. In the percentage stats, however, the Confederates clearly dominated the game at 92:80. (SDA)

Source : Blick