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A match with the Swedes to the last stone.

At 3pm, shortly before the official opening of the European Championships, we took on the Olympic champions from Sweden, Team Hasselborg. The start was more cautious from both sides and after four ends the score was tied 1 : 1. Then came a moment for the northerners, who played a deuce and then took our one after we tried to double back a deuce, but only knocked out one stone. Our moment came in the ninth end when, after a very good play, we forced the Swedish skip to make an error and Anna ejected the best Swedish of the game with a very sensitive and accurate stone. It was clear that there would be no extra end. Ežen gave an excellent game and after some well played stones and a mistake made by Hasselborg with her first one, when she didn't play a double but just knocked one of ours out and left the other somewhere within eight feet. Anna (Kubešková) was a foot longer with her draw but still on the tee line, but the second Anna (Hasselborg) played an accurate ejection, about 80 cm and the Swedish stone was better in the circles. A close loss, but after a good performance. We don't hang our heads, there's no reason to. the boys beat the Latvians in the afternoon quite easily. The ice in the B team is said to be excellent.