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Mouat beats Carruthers 6-5 in extra end at the Players’ Championship

Apr 12, 2019 | 3:25 PM

TORONTO — Scotland’s Bruce Mouat caught a piece of the button with his final throw for a 6-5 win over Winnipeg’s Reid Carruthers on Friday morning at the Players’ Championship.

Mouat improved to 1-3 in the Pool A round-robin standings while Carruthers fell to 2-2. It was the lone men’s game of the morning draw at the Grand Slam event.

Winnipeg’s Jennifer Jones edged Switzerland’s Silvana Tirinzoni 5-4 in an extra end and Satsuki Fujisawa topped Sayaka Yoshimura 7-6 in a battle of Japanese teams. Tracy Fleury of East St. Paul, Man., defeated Robyn Silvernagle of North Battleford, Sask., 7-3 in the other early game.

Three more draws were scheduled for later Friday at the Mattamy Athletic Centre.

Entering early afternoon play, Sweden’s Niklas Edin shared the Pool A lead at 2-1 with Glenn Howard of Penetanguishene, Ont., and Calgary’s Kevin Koe. Brad Jacobs of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., led Pool B at 4-0.

Fleury and Silvernagle topped the women’s Pool A standings at 3-1 while Sweden’s Anna Hasselborg led Pool B at 4-0.

The playoffs start Saturday and the finals will be played Sunday.

 

The Canadian Press