Great Britain 7, Canada 6 (Session 1)
Great Britain found the perfect time to pick up its first win of the Milan Cortina Games. Team GB held Canada to just single points in all but the 10th end on the way to a one-point victory over the two-time defending world champions.
Rebecca Morrison's team took its first lead in the third. Rachel Homan went for a double-takeout on Canada's final throw of the end, but was only able to clear one, leaving Great Britain lying two. Morrison added a third with a draw on the hammer that put Great Britain up, 3-1.
Team GB stole another point in the fourth and was up 4-2 at the halfway break. They added another pair in the eighth.
Canada looked to be mounting a comeback in the final ends. Homan made a draw for a single in the ninth that pulled her team within three, 7-4. In the 10th, Canada sat three ahead of Morrison's hammer throw. Morrison took out one, holding Homan's team to a steal of two and the one-point defeat.
Great Britain had 43 takeouts to just 21 for Canada. Morrison finished with 11, and Jennifer Dodds and Sophie Sinclair had 16 each for a team that had an 85 percent takeout success rate.
Canada, the favorite coming into these Olympics, has now suffered losses in back-to-back round-robin matches. They'll look to get back in the win column at 1:05 p.m. ET against Switzerland.
Great Britain, the defending Olympic gold medalists, advanced to 1-2. Team GB will take the afternoon session off and return to face Sweden at 8:05 a.m. ET on Sunday.
| Great Britain (7) | Canada (6) | |
| 0 | 1st end | 1 |
| 0 | 2nd end | 0 |
| 3 | 3rd end | 0 |
| 1 | 4th end | 0 |
| 0 | 5th end | 1 |
| 1 | 6th end | 0 |
| 0 | 7th end | 1 |
| 2 | 8th end | 0 |
| 0 | 9th end | 1 |
| 0 | 10th end | 2 |
China 8, Italy 7 (Session 1)
China scored the game-winning point in the 10th end for a comeback victory over Italy.
The Italians scored three in the eighth to go up, 7-5. China answered with a pair in the ninth and a steal of one more in the final end.
The steal in the 10th was the only stolen point for either team in the match.
China (2-1) outshot Italy, 85-76 percent, in the win, and was successful on 88 percent of draw shots and 81 percent of takeouts.
The Chinese squad will take the afternoon off and return to face Team USA on Sunday at 8:05 a.m. ET.
Italy (0-3) will look for win No. 1 when they face Sweden at 1:05 p.m. ET on Saturday.
| Italy (7) | China (8) | |
| 0 | 1st end | 1 |
| 1 | 2nd end | 0 |
| 0 | 3rd end | 2 |
| 2 | 4th end | 0 |
| 0 | 5th end | 1 |
| 1 | 6th end | 0 |
| 0 | 7th end | 1 |
| 3 | 8th end | 0 |
| 0 | 9th end | 2 |
| 0 | 10th end | 1 |
Japan 7, Switzerland 5 (Session 1)
After going into the halfway break tied, 3-3, Japan scored a pair in the seventh and stole another in the eighth for a second-half victory over Switzerland.
Switzerland outshot Japan, 85-77 percent, and was more successful on takeout attempts, but Japan's success on draw shots (88 percent) helped them to the victory.
Sayaka Yoshimura's team improves to 1-2. They'll return for the afternoon session at 1:05 p.m. ET to take on Team USA.
Switzerland (2-1) will be on the ice at the same time to face Canada.
| Switzerland (5) | Japan (7) | |
| 2 | 1st end | 0 |
| 0 | 2nd end | 1 |
| 1 | 3rd end | 0 |
| 0 | 4th end | 2 |
| 0 | 5th end | 0 |
| 1 | 6th end | 0 |
| 0 | 7th end | 2 |
| 0 | 8th end | 1 |
| 1 | 9th end | 0 |
| 0 | 10th end | 1 |