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As expected Scotland faced a daunting task against RCF, eventually losing 8-9. Also as expected the Scots lost yet another 3, although to be fair they scored one of their own later. Too many vital shots are being missed, leading to a situation where Eve Muirhead had to draw into the centre to lie at least second shot with 4 shots against her. She only failed by a few inches, but was really on to a hiding to nothing, as success would have left Alina Kovaleva a simple clear-out to claim victory.

The result meant that Scotland now share 5th place with Denmark, who have come on to a strong finish, both with 6 wins and 5 losses. Switzerland and RCF lead with 10 wins, followed by Sweden who have 8 wins. These are the 3 definite qualifiers so far and leading the race for another one is United States on 7 wins. Behind Scotland are Canada and Korea on 6 wins and 6 losses and then China and Germany on 5 wins and 6 losses. Even Japan on only 4 wins and 7 losses can squeeze themselves into contention with wins in their final 2 games. That makes 8 teams (only 7 realistically) are involved in the race for the remaining 3 places. Definitely squeaky bum time coming up at 4pm for the Scots, then again at 2am tomorrow morning.

According to the WCF, the TV broadcasting schedule will return this afternoon at 4pm. Eurosport isn't mentioned by name, but I can only assume their schedule will go ahead as planned.