A roundup of men's curling games played during Tuesday's two sessions of round-robin play at the Milan Cortina Olympics...
Switzerland 9, Sweden 4 (Session 1)
Switzerland stayed unbeaten and killed all chances of Sweden making the semifinals with a loud seven-end win over the defending gold medalists on Tuesday.
The Swiss squad opened an early four-point lead with two in the first and a steal of two more in the second after Swedish skip Niklas Edin missed on a double-takeout attempt with his hammer throw.
They added two more to the lead in the fifth before Sweden finally put up a multi-point end in the sixth to make it 6-4.
Switzerland put the game away for good in the seventh. Edin seemed to clear the house on his final throw of the end, but he left his lone stone in the house unguarded, and Benoit Schwarz-van Berkel made him pay. The Swiss thrower took out Sweden's stone to give his team three and force Sweden to concede the final three ends.
Both teams will be back on the ice at 1:05 p.m. ET for the second session of the day. Switzerland (6-0) will play Germany, and Sweden (1-6) will face Norway.
| Switzerland (9) | Sweden (4) | |
| 2 | 1st end | 0 |
| 2 | 2nd end | 0 |
| 0 | 3rd end | 1 |
| 0 | 4th end | 0 |
| 2 | 5th end | 0 |
| 0 | 6th end | 3 |
| 3 | 7th end | 0 |
| X | 8th end | X |
| X | 9th end | X |
| X | 10th end | X |
Czechia 9, Germany 7 (Session 1)
A three-point 10th lifted Czechia to a comeback win over Germany on Tuesday morning.
In the final end, the Czechs were sitting three alone in the house ahead of Germany's last throw. Marc Muskatewitz's team opted for a draw, and he placed his rock just in front of Czechia's shot stone in the back of the eight-foot. Lukas Klima responded by taking that German rock out while leaving his team lying all three of their stones for the win.
Czechia was down 9-7 going into the 10th after Germany scored two in the ninth to break a tie.
Trailing 5-2 after six, Klima's team put up three in the seventh and stole another in the eighth to go back ahead.
Tuesday was Czechia's first win of the tournament. They'll take the afternoon session off and return to play China at 8:05 a.m. ET on Wednesday.
Germany falls to 3-4 and 7th in the standings. They'll look to get back in the win column later in the day in a match against top-ranked Switzerland at 1:05 p.m. ET.
| Czechia (9) | Germany (7) | |
| 0 | 1st end | 2 |
| 1 | 2nd end | 0 |
| 0 | 3rd end | 1 |
| 1 | 4th end | 0 |
| 0 | 5th end | 1 |
| 0 | 6th end | 1 |
| 3 | 7th end | 0 |
| 1 | 8th end | 0 |
| 0 | 9th end | 2 |
| 3 | 10th end | 0 |
Switzerland 8, Germany 4 (Session 2)
Switzerland broke Tuesday's game open with three points in the sixth and a steal of one more in the seventh.
The Swiss squad outshot Germany, 91-80 percent on all shots, and had 33 takeouts to just 24 for the Germany.
In the sixth, Marc Muskatewitz's final throw sailed through the house, leaving a wide-open takeout for Switzerland's Benoit Schwarz-van Berkel. He converted with ease to put his team up, 7-2.
After the steal of one in the seventh, Germany tried to mount a comeback with two in the eighth, but without getting more they opted to concede the final two ends.
Switzerland will be back on Wednesday to play Norway at 8:05 a.m. ET.
Germany will take Wednesday off and will finish their play in Cortina on Thursday against China at 3:05 a.m. ET.
| Germany (4) | Switzerland (8) | |
| 0 | 1st end | 2 |
| 0 | 2nd end | 0 |
| 1 | 3rd end | 0 |
| 0 | 4th end | 2 |
| 1 | 5th end | 0 |
| 0 | 6th end | 3 |
| 0 | 7th end | 1 |
| 2 | 8th end | 0 |
| X | 9th end | X |
| X | 10th end | X |
Sweden 7, Norway 4 (Session 2)
Sweden showed its usual domination in a textbook win over Norway.
After Norway opened the game with a single, Niklas Edin's team held the Norwegians off the board for five straight ends as they built a 5-1 lead.
In the eighth, Norway went for a takeout on their final stone, but it just side by the Swedish stone and out of the house. Edin responded with an easy draw to the button that gave his team two more for a 7-3 lead with two ends remaining.
Edin removed two Norway stones in the ninth to clear the house. Norway had a chance to play for a blank, but instead they took the one and conceded the 10th, giving Sweden the win.
Sweden (2-6) outshot Norway, 90-81 percent, on all shots.
The defending gold medalists will finish their time in Cortina with a match against Czechia at 3:05 a.m. ET on Thursday.
Norway (4-3) has two games remaining. They'll next play Switzerland on Wednesday at 8:05 a.m. ET.
| Sweden (7) | Norway (4) | |
| 0 | 1st end | 1 |
| 2 | 2nd end | 0 |
| 0 | 3rd end | 0 |
| 2 | 4th end | 0 |
| 0 | 5th end | 0 |
| 1 | 6th end | 0 |
| 0 | 7th end | 2 |
| 2 | 8th end | 0 |
| X | 9th end | X |
| X | 10th end | X |
Canada 9, Great Britain 5 (Session 2)
Canada clinched a spot in the semifinals with a win over the defending world champions on Tuesday.
Trailing 5-4 going into the seventh, the Canadians answered by scoring in three straight ends — three in the seventh then a steal of one in the eighth and ninth for the win.
Canada outshot Great Britain, 85-78 percent, on all shots, and was better on draws (88-82 percent) and takeouts (34-28).
With the win, the Canadians (6-1) locked up at least the No. 2 spot in the semifinals. They'll next take on another semifinal hopeful Italy on Wednesday at 8:05 a.m. ET.
With just one game remaining, Great Britain's (4-4) playoff hopes are slipping away. They're tied with Team USA for fifth in the standings, and will face the Americans in their final game on Thursday at 3:05 a.m. ET.
| Canada (9) | Great Britain (5) | |
| 2 | 1st end | 0 |
| 0 | 2nd end | 1 |
| 1 | 3rd end | 0 |
| 0 | 4th end | 2 |
| 1 | 5th end | 0 |
| 0 | 6th end | 2 |
| 3 | 7th end | 0 |
| 1 | 8th end | 0 |
| 1 | 9th end | 0 |
| X | 10th end | X |