Super Sweden off to perfect start
BySportsbeat
Published 30/01/2019 at 20:40 GMT
Home is where the heart is for Niklas Edin and the Sweden skip is relishing the chance to compete on home soil after they got off to a perfect start at the Jonkoping World Cup.
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Sweden saw off the USA, skipped by Mark Fenner, 11-1 after three consecutive steals.
"We were in the final of the last Curling World Cup and we felt like we could have won that one,” said Edin.
"So we really want to play better here. we are really pumped for this one, playing for a home crowd and third one - this should be it.”
Switzerland, Canada and Scotland also picked up wins in Wednesday's middle session.
Switzerland downed Japan 6-1, with skip Yannick Schwaller insisting there is much more to come.
"We struggled in the first few ends and were a bit nervous getting the feeling of the ice but afterwards we made a couple of pressure draws and steal our way to the win," he said.
"It is difficult to adjust to the timings. You have to choose your strategy quite fast out there. I only had a couple of seconds left in the last few ends and struggled to clean my stones in time."
Elsewhere, Canada beat Norway 8-2 and Scotland saw off China 6-3.
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