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SJC Game Day 1.

Tirinzoni. A team with whom we have played many matches in the past, of which the one from the European Championship 2017 can be highlighted. Then we won by two in the last end and secured our qualification to the World Championship in Canada. However, our overall record is rather negative. Today from 8:00 a.m. on lane number four. For us, it's the opening match of the tournament, which is attended by the world's best every year. It's an evenly matched match. In the eighth end, Alina Paetz plays her last draw against four of our stones in the ring, two of which would be enough for us to win. But her attempt ends up exactly where the Swiss need it, closest to the center. Too bad, it would have been a nice opening win. After a two-hour break, we have a rematch against Hollie Duncan, who we lost to in Oakville. We try to turn the tide in the seventh end, but we can't do it anymore, so we take our second loss. In the second game we are punished a bit by the ice, which is harder to read, and we pay for it in several cases. Tomorrow we have only one match, and that's tonight at 9.30 local time against another Canadian, Kathy Auld. In the meantime, let's take a look at the guys and their section. There's a lot to choose from: Koe, Jacobs, Howard, Bottcher, McEwen, Gushue, just to name a few.rnrnPictured here is one of the situations in the first end against Duncan. We're blue.