Canada loses to U.S. for second straight defeat at world men’s curling championship

It was another tough outing for Canada’s Matt Dunstone at the world men’s curling championship.

Dunstone’s rink suffered a 9-3 setback to John Shuster of the United States in seven ends Sunday. After opening the competition with two consecutive wins, the Canadians have now lost two straight after dropping an 8-3 decision to Scotland’s Ross Whyte in eight ends Saturday night.

The Americans opened the contest scoring two in the first end before the Canadians cut the deficit to 2-1 through two. But the U.S. countered with two more in the third, and then after Canada scored one in the fourth, came back with four in the fifth for a commanding 8-2 advantage.

Dunstone’s team added another single in the sixth but the Americans rounded out the scoring with their last point in the seventh and final end. The U.S. evened its record at 2-2 with the victory.

Canada resumes tournament action Monday with two games. It faces Poland in the morning draw before taking on Japan in the evening.