Scotland Face Italy In World Mixed Doubles Final

Scotland will look Italy successful nan last of nan World Mixed Doubles Championship connected Saturday (18:00 BST).

2022 Olympic champion Jen Dodds and 2022 metallic medallist Bruce Mouat overcame Australia 9-6 successful nan semi-finals aft finishing 2nd astatine nan information robin shape and defeating nan United States 7-5 successful their qualification crippled successful New Brunswick, Canada.

Italy's Stefania Constantini and Anton Mosaner were apical of nan standings and progressed consecutive to nan past four, wherever they hit Estonia 7-5.

"We've sewage a batch of assurance astatine nan infinitesimal and we're conscionable enjoying being retired there," said 2025 World Men's Championship-winning skip Mouat.

"I'm really pleased pinch really we performed coming erstwhile we had 2 really reliable games and we're now looking guardant to nan past one."

Dodds and Mouat won nan 2021 tourney connected location crystal and compatriots Eve Muirhead and Bobby Lammie took nan title nan pursuing twelvemonth successful Geneva, Switzerland. Italy are contesting their first final.

"Jen and I person had a really bully mixed doubles play and we've worked very difficult to conscionable effort to get backmost to this point, truthful I'm proud of having specified a bully effort to get to this point," added Mouat.

"The Italians look for illustration they're playing incredibly well, truthful we're going to person to travel retired and play for illustration we person for nan past 3 days and put them nether immoderate unit to hopefully get immoderate misses and return advantage."