Canadian men, women win their respective world junior curling openers

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TAARNBY, Denmark – Canada’s Mary Fay and Matt Dunstone opened the world junior curling championships with decisive wins Sunday.

Fay’s rink from Chester, N.S., defeated Switzerland 7-2 before recording a 10-3 victory over Sweden. In men’s action, Dunstone and his Winnipeg squad beat the United States 8-2.

Fay cemented the win over Switzerland with three in the ninth end.

“It’s great to start off that way and get a nice confidence booster,” Fay said. “It’s nice to get the first one out of the way like that.

“The girls played great, they set everything up well for me so my job was easy. We all stayed focused and positive and we had a lot of fun out there.”

The Canadians took control of their match against Sweden with three in the fourth for a 5-2 lead. Canada then had a steal of three in the fifth before rounding out the scoring with another steal in the eighth end.

Fay’s foursome faces Russia on Monday.

A big end also anchored Dunstone’s opening victory, scoring four in the sixth.

“Obviously, that was a very good start,” said Dunstone. “We’re still catching on to the ice and we’re still learning quite a bit out here, but to start off like we did and get a quick one under our belts is a good feeling.

“We came over early enough to get used to the jetlag and we’re feeling pretty (acclimated) right now and we feel at home. Hopefully, it’ll just get better from here.”

The Canadian men face Sweden and Scotland on Monday.