VERNON, B.C. -- Canada's Jennifer Jones bounced back from a 6-1 deficit to beat USA's Debbie McCormick 10-9 here at the Ford World Womens Curling Championship Tuesday evening.

Down 6-1 after just four ends, Canada's Jones began the comeback with a three-ender in the fifth, the product of two perfect draws to the four-foot by the Winnipeg skip.

Jones drew again in the seventh end for a three-ender to tie the game and then claimed the first lead of the game for Canada in the eighth end with a steal.

But the Americans wouldn't yield, scoring a deuce of their own in the ninth end to take a 9-8 lead heading home for the tenth.

With Canada in serious trouble, Jones negotiated a tiny port with her first rock of the final frame to lie shot for Canada on the four-foot. McCormick, the 2003 world champion, needed to match the shot but she crashed on a guard out front, clearing a path for Jones to draw the four-foot with the last rock of the game and score a game-winning deuce.

The win improved Canada to 6-1, a game behind unbeaten China and a game ahead of Switzerland and Denmark, who are both 5-2. Denmark scored three in the tenth end to snatch a 9-7 victory away from Switzerland Tuesday evening.

The loss to Canada was McCormick's second of the day -- she was beaten 10-1 by China on the afternoon draw -- and drops the Americans' record to 4-3. That puts them in a tie with Germany's Andrea Schoepp and Japan's Moe Meguro.

Germany won their third straight Tuesday evening, dropping Italy's Diana Gaspari 5-2, while Japan needed an extra end to beat Czech Republic 5-4.

The top four teams make the playoffs and Schoepp wondered Tuesday evening if her late charge is already too little, too late.

"For the playoffs, I think it will be tough," Schoepp told reporters.

The worlds resumes Wednesday morning when Canada plays Japan, Denmark plays Germany, Italy plays Switzerland and USA plays Czech Republic.

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