28 April 2025
Five teams remain undefeated on day two
At the end of day two of the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship 2025, five teams now share the top spot on the standings. From Group A — Canada, Italy and Scotland, and from Group B — Australia and Estonia, all hold a three win, no loss record. In the World Senior Curling Championships 2025, all teams have now opened their campaigns.
Mixed Doubles
Group B
After three sessions of play in Group B, Australia and Estonia share the lead, each unbeaten so far with three wins.
Australia played United States in their morning game and emerged as 10-7 winners before going on to defeat Türkiye by 10-2 in the evening session.
Celebrating their strong start, Australia’s Tahli Gill said, “It’s good to start off this way, but it’s a long event and there’s lots of games to come. It’s a question of re-setting every time and bringing it in every game.”
Estonia’s two wins on Sunday came against Türkiye by 9-2, and then, in a closer game, by just 6-5 over Spain, thanks to a single-point steal in the eighth end.
Behind the two leaders, United States bounced back from their morning defeat by beating New Zealand by 10-2. New Zealand themselves had recorded their first win so far in the morning session, beating Spain by 13-5. After that win, New Zealand’s Ben Smith said, “We started strong there, we read the ice better and that made a big difference”, while his sister Jessica said, “I hope this is the New Zealand we’ll see from now on.”
Czechia beat Switzerland with a single-point 7-6 win in their morning game, helped greatly by a score of four in the second end. After that they were involved in an extra end battle with Japan, which the Japanese won with a single-point steal for a 7-6 scoreline.
After their morning defeat to Czechia, Switzerland finally recorded their first win so far when they beat Norway by 8-3 in the evening session.
This was a first defeat so far for Norway, who had earlier beaten Japan. In the eighth end, Kristin Skaslien played a hit on a front stone and then cleared out more stones in the house, to score four points and win the game by 8-5. After this win, Norway’s Magnus Nedregotten said, “We’re pretty pumped with that. We struggled in the beginning and Japan played really well in the first three ends, but we managed to stay calm and work on our tasks.”
Group A
Sunday afternoon saw the Group A teams play in their only game of the day and their third session overall. After these games, three teams — Canada, Italy and Scotland — remain undefeated at the top of the table, each on three wins.
Canada faced Sweden in this session. Sweden scored three points in the first end, but in the second, Canada’s Jocelyn Peterman played a draw to score two points and reduce the Swedish lead to 3-2. Canada stayed in touch from then on and went on to win by 8-6 to remain unbeaten and share the lead.
After this win, Canada’s Brett Gallant said, “We know communication is key to doing well, and supporting each other. We’ve done a really good job of that through the three games, so we’ve got to just keep focusing on that and doing that well.”
Also in this session, Olympic champions Italy played Korea. Italy led by 8-2 as the teams played the sixth end when Korea’s Kim Kyeongae drew her final stone into a busy house, nudging another stone to score two points and reduce Italy’s lead to 8-4. Despite this, the Italians went on to win by 9-4 to share top spot.
Scotland were up against Denmark in this session. The Scots led by 3-2 when, in the fifth end, Jennifer Dodds played a double raise tap take-out to score two more points and move the Scottish lead onto 5-2. Scotland then went on to win by 7-3 to share top spot. Afterwards Scotland’s Bruce Mouat explained how their team is operating, saying, “Jen’s taken on the line-calling role and is running with it, so she’s one of the best at that now, and it’s a lot of fun.”
Finland played Germany and emerged as 12-6 winners, for their second win so far. In this game, Finland led by 5-4 as the teams played the fourth end. Lotta Immonen then played a raise take-out to score two more points and improve the Finnish lead to 7-4.
Finland went on to win by 12-6 and afterwards, Markus Sipila said, “It was a good game, but lots of ups and downs. We played the first two ends very well but then missed a crucial shot in the third and they got back into the game. But after that we kept our cool and our power play was well executed.” He then went on to pay tribute to his partner Lotta Immonen, “Even getting here was a huge thing — Lotta had cruciate ligament surgery earlier, so all the credit in the world to her for making it here.”
The fifth game of the session saw China defeat Netherlands by 5-3. Afterwards, China’s Yu Han said, “I’m glad we won, my partner (Zhiyu Wang) had to sweep so hard throughout that game, so I’m so grateful to him.”
Find the mixed doubles standings after day two here.
Find the mixed doubles results and playing schedule here.
Seniors
By the end of the second day, all 47 teams competing in the World Seniors Curling Championships 2025 had opened their campaigns.
In men’s Group A, three teams — Canada, England and Portugal — share the lead, although all have only played once. Group B is led by United States, on two wins and no losses, while Norway are clear leaders in Group C. Korea lead Group D while Poland top Group E.
The women’s teams all had their first games on Sunday. Canada and Sweden share the lead in Group A; Finland, Scotland and United States are together at the top of Group B; and Denmark, Ireland and Switzerland share the lead in Group C.
Find all of the seniors results from day two and the schedule here.
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