Canada beats Australia to remain perfect at World Mixed Curling Championship

Quebec skip F茅lix Asselin watches his shot during his match against P.E.I. at the 2023 Tim Hortons Brier at Budweiser Gardens in London, Ont., Sunday, March 5, 2023. Canada improved to 3-0 at the World Mixed Curling Championship with a 7-2 seven-end victory over Australia on Sunday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Geoff Robins

ABERDEEN, United Kingdom - Canada improved to 3-0 at the World Mixed Curling Championship with a 7-2 seven-end victory over Australia on Sunday.

Canada never trailed in the contest after scoring two in the opening end.

Australia was down 3-2 after four ends before Canada pulled away with a deuce in the fifth and two more in the seventh.

The win vaulted the Montreal rink of skip Felix Asselin, vice-skip Laurie St-Georges, second 脡mile Asselin and lead Emily Rileyinto a first-place tie with Slovenia (3-0) in pool B.

"It鈥檚 definitely nice to have a 3-0 start,鈥 said Riley. 鈥淚 feel like we鈥檝e done a great job of understanding the ice and the ice has been amazing so that gives us a lot of confidence going forward.鈥

Canada next plays winless Lithuania (0-2) on Monday.

Despite being undefeated, Canada is not resting on its laurels.

鈥淲e are feeling good with the energy level at the moment,鈥 said 脡mile Asselin. 鈥淗aving experience at national events is a big advantage because playing a long week of curling can be unknown territory.鈥

This report by 春色直播was first published Oct. 15, 2023.

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