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After a poor start, where Germany led by 4 shots at the halfway mark, Scotland came back well to tie the scores at 7-7 with 2 ends to go and eventually won by 9-8.

So halfway through the round-robin games, Norway lead with 5 wins out of 6, closely followed by 6 teams tied for 2nd place - Canada, RCF, Scotland, Sweden, Switzerland and USA, each having 5 wins out of 7. Italy have 4 wins out of 7.

Scotland are currently playing Japan in their 8th game and are 5-3 up after 8 ends. EDIT The Scots win 6-3 after running the Japanese out of stones in the last end.

Following this game they play Switzerland through the night, then USA at 9pm tomorrow night and Italy at 2am on Thursday. The Scots will need to be at their best in these games to keep them high in the table and their opponents down - definitely crunch time approaching fast, especially considering the final 2 games are against RCF and Norway.

Just to prove the fragility of individual games, Germany's only win has been against leaders Norway and Korea have beaten Canada.