Women's curling continues to run the show as they picked up their seventh win in as many starts. In the first of two draws on the day, Hollie Nicol and the rest of the Laurier four defeated World silver medalist Bingyu Wang 7-6 , clinching a first place in the process.
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A pro-Wang crowd tried their best to rally their Chinese curling heroes, and Wang came close to giving the crowd the results the craved, taking two in the ninth end and stealing two more in the tenth. But the Canadians held on for the win, keeping their unblemished record intact.
"Our goals coming in were a top four placing and to give China a good game and we;ve now done both of those things," said Canadian team coach Jennifer Ferris. "I thought today's game was a great mental win, it was a pleasing to see the girls elevate their game in a matchup where they needed to bring a good effort."
The win guarantees Canada a first-place finish in the round robin, and a date with the 4th place finisher in Thursday's semifinal. Canada's playoff opponent is still yet to be determined, with six teams still in the hunt for the final three playoff spots.
"There's nothing we can do to determine the matchup on Thursday," said Ferris. "We've done our part at the top - it's up to the rest of the field to figure it out for the other playoff positions."
Canada's record of 7-0 is two games clear of the 5-2 marks of China and Russia. Canada (7-0) will face Great Britain (4-3) tonight, before wrapping the round-robin portion of the event tomorrow with a game against the Czech Republic.
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