By Canadian Press

Korea scores trio in ninth end to edge Canada 7-6 at world women’s curling event

Mar 18, 2019 | 3:44 PM

SILKEBORG, Denmark — Korea’s Minji Kim scored three in the ninth end to edge Canada’s Chelsea Carey 7-6 on Saturday at the world women’s curling championship.

It was the first game of the tournament for both rinks.

Korea opened the scoring with a single in the third end before Carey countered with two in the fourth. The Koreans went ahead 3-2 with a pair in the fifth end but the Calgary skip countered with two in the sixth for the 4-3 advantage.

Kim tied the score 4-4 with a single in the seventh before the Canadians counted two again in the eighth for the 6-4 advantage. But the Koreans responded with three in the ninth end.

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In other action in the second draw, 2018 Olympic champ Anna Hasselborg of Sweden downed Latvia’s Iveta Stasa-Sarsune 8-5. American Jamie Sinclair beat Denmarks’s Madeleine Dupont 8-6 and Switzerland’s Silvana Tirinzoni edged Finland’s Oona Kauste 7-6.

Hasselborg lost in the opening draw, falling 9-3 to Mei Jie of China. 

Jie, Kim, Germany’s Daniela Jentsch, Russia’s Alina Kovaleva and Japan’s Seina Nakajima share top spot at 1-0 after the first day of competition.

Carey will play twice Sunday. She’ll face Jentsch in the early draw before taking on Stasa-Sarsune in the evening draw.

Carey is attempting to give Canada a rare three-peat at the women’s world curling championship. The country is chasing a third straight tournament title after unbeaten runs by Winnipeg’s Jennifer Jones last year and Ottawa’s Rachel Homan in 2017.

The Canadian Press