Muirhead's rink bounce back to claim first win at Euro Champs
BySportsbeat
Updated 21/11/2015 at 21:27 GMT
Eve Muirhead believes her Scotland rink were at their clinical best as they bounced back from their opening lost to Denmark with a 11-3 win over Sweden at the 2015 European Curling Championships in Esbjerg.
Scotland's skip Eve Muirhead
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Sweden had started the stronger, taking a single from the first end, but the Scots hit back with an impressive score of four in the second end after a gentle tap-out by skip Muirhead.
They then followed that up with a steal of two more points in the third end as they started to assert their dominance.
To their credit, Sweden kept battling and recovered two in the fourth end but another tap-back by Muirhead in the fifth gave the Scots a 8-3 half-time lead.
And after falling behind in the sixth and seventh ends, Sweden conceded with the score at 11-3.
"I'm really pleased with that – it was a really solid performance. Basically, we gave them no chances and as a team we played great, and that was what we had to do after last night," said Muirhead.
"If you can get a big end out there, the other team's going to be chasing you. They managed to get a two, but we managed to get our twos back, so it was good."
It is hosts Denmark and Russia who share the overall lead at the competition though after boasting unbeaten records from the two sessions so far.
Denmark overcame Germany after a tense encounter to make it two wins from two while Russia were equally tested by Estonia before eventually claiming a 8-5 win.
World champions Switzerland recorded their first win following a 6-3 win over Norway while Finland beat Hungary 12-7.
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