Sweden’s Team Isabella Wrana defeated Japan’s Team Miku Nihira 11–2 to win the P&H Masters in Medicine Hat, Alta., adding a Grand Slam of Curling title to its European championship victory a week earlier.

According to Sportsnet Staff, the win was the second Slam title for skip Wrana, third Almida de Val and lead Maria Larsson, whose first came at the 2023 Players’ Championship. It was the first for second Moa Dryburgh, who joined the team full time this season.

Sweden took control early. Nihira’s final freeze attempt in the opening end was slightly heavy and rolled off a Swedish stone, leaving Wrana a shot for three that she converted, Sportsnet reported.

In the third end, Nihira had an opportunity to limit Sweden to one point or potentially steal. Instead, misses on both of her shots opened the way for another three-point end for Wrana’s team.

The Swedes maintained the pressure from there to complete a successful stretch that began with their European Curling Championships victory in Ostrava, Czechia.

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