Canada, Jennifer Jones shooting for World Championship gold

Canada will play Switzerland for the gold medal at the world women's curling championship in Sapporo, Japan.

Winnipeg skip Jennifer Jones, third Kaitlyn Lawes, second Jill Officer and lead Dawn McEwen defeated Russia's Anna Sidorova 7-4 in Saturday evening's semifinal at the Tsukisamu Gymnasium.

They'll face Switzerland's Alina PΣtz in Sunday's final (2 a.m. Eastern).

Jones was on fire in the semi, throwing four double-takeouts to lead her team into the gold-medal game after losing 6-4 to the Swiss in the Page playoff 1-2 game earlier on Saturday.

Switzerland also defeated Canada 7-6 in the round robin on Wednesday evening.

"It's awesome to sweep those and awesome to see those rocks go out of the ice," said Officer, who, along with Jones and McEwen, were members of the most recent Canadian team to win gold at the Women's Worlds, in 2008 at Vernon, B.C.

"We came out on a mission, and we had to build some confidence as a team to go into the game tomorrow," she said.

The Canadians shook off the disappointing loss to Switzerland and came out blazing against the Russians in the first end, scoring a deuce on a Jones double takeout.

Canada would pad its lead with a stolen single in the second when Sidorova's runback double-takeout attempt jammed, and after Russia finally hit the scoreboard with one in the third, Canada added two more points in the fourth on Jones's cold draw to the four-foot.

Unlike the Swiss game earlier, Canada dictated most ends and had the Russians in chase mode for most of the game.

"Honestly, the biggest shot of the game was probably the double in the first end because we hadn't scored a two in the morning game, and we were chasing a little bit in the first end (against Russia) and we found a way to get our deuce," said Jones.

"I could see we were going to come out fighting in this game. We were determined, and we wanted the opportunity to play in that gold-medal game. We showed spark and fire, perseverance and desire," she said.

Russia will play Scotland's Eve Muirhead in the bronze-medal game Sunday at 9 a.m. local time.

The Canadians, meanwhile, will play a Swiss team that's in pursuit of that country's third world title in four years, following on the heels of Mirjam Ott in 2012 at Lethbridge, Alta., and Binia Feltscher last year in Saint John, N.B.

Looking ahead to the gold medal game Jones said it would come down to execution.

"We have to put some pressure on them, make some really key draws and try to make their shots hard. If we do that, and leave it all on the ice, hopefully we'll have a shot at the win, but at least we won't have any regrets."

Canada leads all countries with 15 gold medals and 31 podium appearances at the world championship since 1979. Sweden is next with eight gold and 23 total medals.

"Finals are great, that's what you play a sport for, those adrenalin rushes that go with a final," said Jones.

"What I love about our team is that we never give up; we came out here and showed grit and determination — I'm so proud to play with these girls."