VANCOUVER (World Curling Federation) – Canada’s Brett Gallant defeated Switzerland’s David Baertschiger 10-9 in an extra end to move to 3-0 at the 2009 World Junior Curling Championships at the Vancouver Olympic Centre.

 The Swiss led by scores of 4-1 and 5-3 before the Canadians rallied with scores of three in both the seventh and ninth ends. Baertschiger scored a deuce in the eighth and, down 9-7 in the final end, he scored another deuce for the tie.

 In the extra end, Gallant faced three Swiss counters and made a takeout for the 10-9 victory.

 Baertschiger outshot Gallant 73 per cent to 63 per cent in the match.

 In other games, Scotland’s Graeme Black scored two in the final frame to overcome a stubborn Konstantin Kaempf of Germany 7-5; defending champion Chris Plys of the United States defeated Norway’s Kristian Rolvsjord 9-8; and Sweden’s Oskar Eriksson won a nailbiter against China’s Jialiang Zang by a 7-6 scoreline.

 Canada leads at 3-0, with Denmark at 2-0 and Sweden and the United States at 2-1. Switzerland and Scotland are both 1-1, Norway is 1-2 and three teams – China, Germany and Russia – are 0-2.

In the junior women’s session, Canada’s Kaitlyn Lawes beat Russia 6-4, and also leads with a 3-0 win-loss record.

Canada’s Gallant plays Germany in his lone Saturday game, while Lawes takes on the Czech Republic.

Live scoring, statistics and shot-by-shot graphics of every match are available at:  http://www.wjcc.curlit.com  with results mirrored at the WCF Results website at:  http://results.worldcurling.org. The event website is located at:  http://www.wjcc2009.com