Bruce Mouat may need to win both of the remaining round-robin games to progress
Scotland improved their chances of reaching the play-offs at the World Men's Curling Championship after back-to-back wins over China and Canada.
With two games remaining in the round-robin, Bruce Mouat's rink are seventh in the standings with a 6-4 record.
The top six nations go through to the knockout phase in Lethbridge, Canada.
The Scots beat China 9-6, having trailed 6-5 after nine ends and then took three in the final end to prevail 8-6 against the hosts.
Mouat's remaining matches are against Germany and Italy, while defending champions Sweden have already qualified, along with Japan.
Standings | |
|---|---|
Sweden 9-1 Q | |
Switzerland 8-2 | |
Japan 8-3 Q | |
Canada 7-3 | |
Italy 7-3 | |
United States 7-3 | |
Scotland 6-4 | |
Germany 3-7 | |
Netherlands 3-7 | |
Russia 3-7 | |
China 2-8 | |
Norway 2-8 | |
Korea 1-10 |
