 It's three titles in a row for Anna Hasselborg (Photo: Team Hasselborg) after dropping Switzerland's Xenia Schwaller 8-3 in Sunday's final. by Gerry Geurts Hasselborg, with Sara McManus at third, Agnes Knochenhauer at second and Sofia Mabergs at lead, opened the final with hammer, a result of their undefeated record through the weekend. After blanking the first end, Hasselborg scored a single point in the second end, then forced Schwaller into a single point in the third end. Settled into the final game, Hasselborg went to work in the fourth end, scoring three points to lead 4-1 at the halfway point. Schwaller, with Selina Gafner at third, Fabienne Rieder at second, and Selina Rychiger got two points back in the fifth end, but that was the last time the Swiss side saw the scoreboard. Hasselborg scored a single in the sixth end; then, after limiting Schwaller to a blank in the seventh, the Swedish side stole 3 points in the eighth end to clinch the win. Haselborg won 7-0 over Denmark's Madeleine Dupont in Sunday's semifinals, while Schwaller defeated Dilsat Yildiz of Turkiye 6-3 in their half of the bracket. Hasselborg and Schwaller received direct berths into the semifinals after winning their six-team pools. Dupont won 6-0 over Norway's Marianne Roervik in Saturday evening's quarterfinals, while Yildiz won 5-4 over Sweden's Moa Dryburgh.
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A five at the opening end of their first-ever match together in a major international competition sent Katie McMillan and Angus Bryce on their way to a dominant victory over the USA at the ACE & Company World Mixed Doubles Championships in Geneva.
