Women's curling at Beijing 2022 Olympics Day 6 round-up: Sweden and Switzerland close in on semi-finals as Team GB beat Japan

Switzerland and Sweden are one step closer to booking their places in women’s curling semi-finals at Beijing 2022 after posting wins against United States and Denmark respectively on Tuesday (15 February).

The Swiss world champs surged to a 9-6 victory over Team USA after they flipped a two-point deficit into a two-point lead following a stunning four-point ninth end.

When US skip Tabitha Peterson’s final throw hit her own guard at the top the house, all she and her rink could do was watch as Swiss fourth Alina Paetz delivered a perfect takeout to give her rink four points and a new lead heading into the final end.

From there, it was an uphill battle for the Americans who tried desperately to generate a three-point game to take the win.

On her final throw Paetz had Switzerland lying three and left Peterson the near-impossible task of producing the two-points needed to, at least, force an extra end.

In the end it was Switzerland who got the steal, and with it the match win.

Buoyed by their clutch win yesterday, Sweden doubled down on their medal intentions with a 9-3 blistering win over Denmark in seven ends.

The Danes, already eliminated from medal match contention, were blown out of the water near-enough from the get-go after the Swedes followed a two-point end with a three-point steal to sit 5-1 up after three ends.

The defending Olympic champions then extended their lead with another three-point end in the fifth to go 8-2 up at the halfway stage.

After an exchange of one-point ends Denmark chose to concede the match handing Sweden the victory. The Olympic champions now move 5-2 to sit comfortably in second, behind Switzerland, in the round-robin standings with two matches left to play.

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