Canada’s foes face doubles jeopardy
Grassie, Nimik 2-0 at world mixed
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This article was published 20/04/2009 (6314 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
CANADA won its second straight game to open the 2009 world mixed doubles curling championship Sunday in Cortina D’Ampezzo Italy, defeating the host squad 7-4.
The game was close early, but the Canadian pair of Winnipeg’s Sean Grassie and Calgary’s Allison Nimik took control with a steal of one in the fifth end and scored three in the seventh to put the game out of reach.
“They played a good game, and they had a boisterous crowd on their side,” said Grassie. “But that was a big steal in the fifth end. That was the control point.”
The Italian team of Andrea Pilzer and Chiara Zanotelli fell to 0-2.
Earlier, Canada beat Jussi Uusipaavalniemi and Jaana Hamalainen of Finland 9-4.
Canada is tied for first in the Red Group with Russia at 2-0. New Zealand and Scotland are also undefeated at 1-0. England is 1-1, while Australia, Bulgaria and Italy are all winless in two starts. There are 27 nations competing in the event, split into three groups.
Mixed doubles features two players per team playing eight-end matches. Each team delivers five stones per end with one player delivering the first and fifth stones and the other team member throwing the stones in between.
Prior to the start of each end, one team shall instruct the game umpire to place their team’s stationary stone and the opposing team’s stationary stone either as a guard outside the house bisecting the centre line or on the back half of the button. The positioned stones cannot be removed until the fourth stone.
— Canwest News Service