Sweden’s Isabella Wranå defeated Japan’s Miku Nihira 11-2 in six ends to win the P&H Masters women’s curling title in Medicine Hat. It was her second Grand Slam crown, following the 2023 Players’ Championship. Wranå’s team arrived in Canada after winning the European championship in Ostrava and scored four points in the final end.
Swedish curling skip Isabella Wranå’s team beat Japan’s Miku Nihira 11-2 in six ends in the P&H Masters women’s final at Co-op Place in Medicine Hat, Canada. It was Wranå’s first Masters title and second Grand Slam crown after the 2023 Players’ Championship. Her team scored four in the sixth end to finish the match against a Japanese side playing its first Grand Slam women’s final.[1], [2]
Wranå scored three in the first end and held Nihira to one in the second. Another three in the third widened the gap, and a steal in the fourth made it 7-1. Nihira took a single in the fifth before her last stone in the sixth fell short. Wranå then scored the four points that completed the final’s 11-2 scoreline.[1]
Wranå’s squad arrived after winning the European championship in Ostrava, Czechia. Almida de Val, Moa Dryburgh and Maria Larsson completed the lineup, with Dryburgh having joined full-time in the off-season. Wranå had two wins and two losses in the preliminary round, both defeats coming in shootouts, then eliminated Xenia Schwaller and Ikue Kitazawa. Nihira also had two wins and two losses before beating Taylor Reese-Hansen, Eun-ji Gim and Selena Sturmay to reach the final.[1]
