PICTOU, N.S. — Italy's Joel Retornaz scored three points in the first end en route to a 7-4 win over Japan's Riku Yanagisawa on Tuesday morning at the Grand Slam of Curling's Kioti National.
Retornaz, who won the season-opening Grand Slam last month in Niagara Falls, Ont., added deuces in the fourth and sixth ends of the round-robin opener.
Reigning world champion Bruce Mouat defeated James Craik 6-4 in a battle of Scottish teams. Switzerland's Yannick Schwaller topped Winnipeg's Reid Carruthers 7-5 and American Korey Dropkin edged Calgary's Kevin Koe 7-6. In women's play, Ottawa's Rachel Homan beat Winnipeg's Kate Cameron 7-5 and Kerri Einarson of Gimli, Man., defeated Winnipeg's Kaitlyn Lawes 6-4.
Sweden's Anna Hasselborg edged South Korea's Seungyoun Ha 5-4 and Sweden's Isabella Wrana scored four in the final end for a 9-2 rout of Christina Black of Halifax.World rankings were used to determine the entries in the 16-team fields. Silvana Tirinzoni of Switzerland and Brad Gushue of St. John's, N.L., are the defending champions.The Canadian Press
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