Rachel Homan from Ottawa clinched a spot in the semifinals of the Grand Slam of Curling Players' Championship with a 6-5 victory over Japan's Satsuki Fujisawa. Homan finished the round robin with a perfect 5-0 record.
Ottawa 's Rachel Homan locked up top spot in the women's standings and a berth in the semifinals at the Grand Slam of Curling Players' Championship with a 6-5 win over Japan's Satsuki Fujisawa in Friday's second draw.The Canadian PressCanada's Rachel Homan , seen above in March, beat Japan's Satsuki Fujisawa 6-5 on Friday to clinch a spot in the Players' Championship semifinals.
She took a 4-3 lead with three points in the sixth, and sent the game to an extra end with one in the eighth after Homan went up 5-4 with two in the seventh.Canada's Homan defeats Switzerland's Tirinzoni for 2nd title at women's curling worldsCanada's Rachel Homan wins gold at the women's curling world championship with a 7-5 win over Switzerland's Silvana Tirinzoni. The win ended Canada's six-year title drought at this event.
A team's cumulative shootout score comes from pre-game draws to the button to determine which team gets hammer. Kim still advanced to the playoffs with a 6-2 record, while Einarson had to wait for the results of the final round-robin draw Friday evening to learn her fate. Italy's Joel Retornaz edged Scotland's Ross Whyte 8-7. Both teams finished with 3-2 records and qualified for the playoffs.
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