South Korea wins tiebreaker, advances to playoffs at world curling championship

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Canada skip Rachel Homan directs the shot as they play Switzerland in playoff action at the Ford World Women\'s Curling Championships in Saint John, N.B. on Friday, March 21, 2014. Canada won 8-3 and advances to Sunday\'s gold medal game. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan

SAINT JOHN, N.B. – Ji-sun Kim of South Korea beats Sweden’s Margaretha Sigfridsson 7-5 in a tiebreaker at the Ford Women’s World Curling Championship.

The South Koreans earn the fourth and final playoff berth with the win. They face Russia’s Anna Sidorova in Saturday morning’s playoff between the third and second seeds.

Canada’s Rachel Homan and Switzlerland’s Binia Feltscher meet later Friday in a playoff between the top two seeds.

The winner heads directly to Sunday’s gold-medal game.

The loser drops to Saturday afternoon’s semifinal to meet the winner of the playoff between South Korea and Russia.

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