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Women's world champions Switzerland reach gold medal match at Curling World Cup Grand Final

Women's world champions Switzerland secured their place in the final at the Curling World Cup Grand Final after extending their unbeaten run on the third day of competition in Beijing. Guided by skip Silvana Tironzoni, the Swiss beat South Korea 8-4 and Russia 7-5 at Shougang Arena, due to host curling at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games. “We'll just play one rock at a time,” Tirinzoni said. "We’re looking forward to playing the next round-robin games before focusing on the final. “We have to make sure we are ready for every game as we can be lousy in the beginning of games. "We are curlers so money means something and it is nice to win the purses here." Canada’s Team Jennifer Jones have one foot in the final after they picked up two victories – both through shoot-outs – over Team Nina Roth of the United States and Satsuki Fujisawa’s Japanese rink. Sweden’s Olympic champions, skipped by Anna Hasselborg, lost a third successive match in t