To Japan without Anna.
We agreed that Anna would rest because her throat was sore, she could barely speak, more like not speak, and she was not sleeping well. Terka's skipping, Beth's on three and Ežen's on two. We didn't get the advantage and after four ends we are 3 : 3. In the second half we are always a small step behind our opponent, so the situation from the third end comes back to us, where we could have scored without an advantage and in the end we got a very close deuce. In the last end, Japan has to play a double against an extra end with the risk of losing, but she manages it without difficulty and the final score is 5 : 7. We are watching the sidelines where a win by the Russians against Korea can help us. However, the 7 : 3 lead is an extraend and we're sweating here as we cheer on Russia - what a paradox. The Russians have completely gone and are doing nothing. If they don't make it we will be waiting for more results that can get us into the playoffs. It's not up to us anymore, it's up to others.