Amber gets green light to go for gold
Canadian skip beats Denmark, China to advance to final
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This article was published 27/03/2011 (5542 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
ESBJERG, Denmark — It’s on to the gold-medal final for Amber Holland.
Canada will meet Sweden in the final of the world women’s curling championship in Esbjerg, Denmark on Sunday after the Canadian rink beat China 8-5 in Saturday’s semifinal.
Holland’s Saskatchewan rink advanced to the semifinal after a nail-biting 10-7 win over Denmark in the Page 3 versus 4 playoff earlier on Saturday. Holland registered a steal of three in the 11th end to move onto the semifinal.
The Canada/Sweden finale gives Holland a shot at revenge — the Swedes topped Holland 5-4 in the preliminary round.
In Saturday’s semifinal, China opened the scoring by counting a pair in the first end.
Holland roared back wi th scores in the third, fourth and fifth ends to give Canada a 4-2 lead.
China made it closer when it scored one in the sixth end, but Canada then stretched its lead, scoring two in the seventh.
Holland failed with a raised takeout attempt in the ninth, and this let China score two points, but the Canadians kept their nerve in the 10th end to score two and book their place in the final.
“It feels good that we put together two good games today, two wins, and we’re looking forward to playing tomorrow,” Holland said after the semifinal.
The final placing for Canada comes after a sticky start to the week, which saw them endure a couple of bad losses.
“I’ve said all week we never go the easy way. We’re much more comfortable with the ice than we were at the beginning of the round robin and we’ve definitely improved the performance,” said Holland.
She’ll have her work cut for her on Sunday.
The Swedes finished atop the standings in the preliminary round and — skipped by Anette Norberg — are the defending Olympic champs
“I think we’ll need to do the same as we did today,” Holland said when asked about the showdown. “Making sure that the front end’s putting the pressure on and that I finish off at the end. Stats don’t mean a whole lot, I think overall it just comes down to the shots that you make at a specific time, it’s the key shots that are made or missed.”
China now plays in the bronze medal game on Sunday against Denmark.
“It was a tough loss for us,” said China’s skip Bingyu Wang. “We were not so great in the middle and gave them a chance to steal. In the seventh and the eighth we lost our patience a little and played too quickly, so we lost the game. They played well, they didn’t give us many chances to get back into the game.”
— Postmedia News
