VERNON, B.C. -- Canada's Jennifer Jones and China's Bingyu Wang will face off here Tuesday morning at the Ford World Womens Curling Championship with first place hanging in the balance.

Both nations remained undefeated after victories Monday night. Canada defeated Russia's Liudmila Privivkova 9-6, while China beat Czech Republic's Katerina Urbanova 7-5.

The victories improved Canada and China to 5-0 and leaves them as the only undefeated teams remaining heading into Day 4 here.

Jones faced Wang at the 2005 women's worlds -- Canada won -- and the Canadians said they'll need a top effort to beat them again on Tuesday.

"They're a good team," said Canada third Cathy Overton-Clapham. "They make a lot of shots and they're technically sound and always play well."

The winless Czechs actually briefly led China, but Wang took over in the game's middle ends and the final outcome was never much in doubt.

Canada got a tougher test from Russia, who stole singles in the game's first two ends. But three-enders for Jones in the third and eighth ends proved to be the margin of difference.

Canada and China head into Tuesday a game ahead of USA and Switzerland, who are both 4-1. USA was idle Monday evening, but Switzerland kept pace with the leaders thanks to a 7-6 win over Sweden.

In the only other game Monday evening, Germany defeated Scotland 6-4.

The Canada-China showdown will be broadcast live by TSN at 11:30 a.m. ET on Tuesday.

Other games Tuesday morning will feature Switzerland versus Scotland, Czech Republic versus Russia and Germany against Sweden.

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