Double defeat for Scotland at Curling World Championship

The Scots had narrowly lost to Japan earlier in the day with a 6-5 defeat after missing on a tight take-out attempt with the last stone of the game, handing the win to their opposition in a match they should have won.

The afternoon's tie was all-square at the break after skip Tom Brewster hit out a Canadian stone to score one, but his opposite number scored two points with a hit on a Scottish stone to take the 5-3 win.

But despite the disappointment of defeat, Brewster insists his side cannot be ruled out with six games to go. "We played a lot better in the game against Canada," he said. "We've been pretty solid in both games today but we've been unfortunate and come out with two losses when we could just as easily have had two wins.

"We were a bit unlucky, we had a pick-up in the ninth end and it might have been a slightly different end otherwise.

"We are not talking about the losses; we're talking about what we're doing well and what other teams are doing.

"All the games are must-wins now. You don't come here wanting to lose games but if we play as well tomorrow as we have played today, we'll be good."

Scotland return to action against the hosts Switzerland in their next game on Tuesday afternoon, before facing the USA later that night.

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