Homan to face world champion Tirinzoni in final at Grand Slam of Curling’s Masters
Rachel Homan of Ottawa will be carrying Canada’s hopes into Sunday’s finals at the WFG Masters Grand Slam of Curling at Merlis Belsher Place in Saskatoon.
Homan defeated Jennifer Jones and her Winnipeg-based team 8-4 in Saturday night’s women’s semifinals to earn a berth in Sunday’s championship game. She’ll play Silvana Tirinzoni’s crew from Switzerland, who beat Kerri Einarson’s Gimli, Man., team 6-3 in Saturday’s other semifinal.
Bottcher falls to Retornaz
On the men’s side, Joel Retornaz’s foursome of Italy defeated Brendan Bottcher and his Calgary teammates 7-6 in an extra end in one men’s semifinal, while Ross Whyte of Scotland beat Yannick Schwaller’s Switzerland foursome 9-4 in the other semifinal.
In the women’s quarterfinals, Jones defeated Anna Hasselborg of Sweden 5-3; Homan beat Isabella Wrana of Sweden 8-3; Einarson got by Gim Eun-ji of Korea 6-4; and Tirinzoni defeated Tabitha Peterson of St. Paul, Minn., 5-3.
