The Scots have recovered from early defeats to seven-time champions Niklas Edin’s Sweden and Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi’s Japan.
Since then, only John Shuster’s US has finished within two shots of the Scots as they have scored seven majors, with Xu Xiaoming’s Chinese, ranked 12th in the world, the latest victim.
In Tuesday’s 10-4 loss to Germany, Whyte’s rink never looked back after stealing one in the opening end.
However, when she scored five in the sixth end and took an 8–3 lead, it was the decisive moment as the Chinese player suffered her sixth defeat out of nine.
The Swiss prepared for their meeting with the Scots by beating South Korea 9–2 and moved top of the table alongside Sweden, having both won eight of their matches and lost two.
Matt Dunstone’s Canadians and Scots have seven wins and two losses ahead of their final game on Wednesday.
Stefano Spiller’s Italy rink has seven wins and three losses with the USA.
Whyte – along with Robin Brydon, Euan Kyle and Craig Waddell – are representing Scotland after Mouat’s world number one rink elected not to compete following her silver medal at the Olympics in Cortina this year.
Canada’s Olympic champions Brad Jacobs and Switzerland’s Yannick Schwaller are similarly sitting out, with Dunstone in fourth and Whyte in fifth, the top-ranked teams competing in the United States.
Schuster is ranked eighth, Edin is currently ranked 13th, Hosli is 18th and Spiller is 43rd, while Scotland’s next opponents, Norway’s Harstad, are ranked 49th.
