Scotland off to flying start in men's European Curling Championships

BySportsbeat

Updated 18/11/2017 at 22:18 GMT

Three teams ended day one of the men’s European Curling Championships with a perfect record as Scotland, Sweden and Switzerland each recorded two wins from two.

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Adding to their victory over Italy earlier in the day, Scotland – skipped by Kyle Smith – beat Austria 7-3 in just eight ends, thanks to scores of three, two and two in ends two, five and seven.

Sweden kept pace with Scotland by beating Germany 8-2 in seven ends – picking up points in five of the ends played.

Switzerland endured a tense end to their day but came through victorious as they needed a point in the final end to cement their 8-6 win over Norway.

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Elsewhere during the evening session in St Gallen, Russia bounced back from their morning defeat to Norway with a heavy beating of Italy – taking the win 8-2 after eight ends.

The biggest win of the session went to the Netherlands, though, as they hammered Slovakia 12-1 in eight ends to sit joint fourth in the standings.

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