Japan’s Satsuki Fujisawa defeated Edmonton’s Laura Crocker 8-3 in a tiebreaker game Saturday morning at the Players’ Championship.
Fujisawa will face Winnipeg’s Jennifer Jones in quarterfinal play later in the day at the Mattamy Athletic Centre.
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Scotland’s Eve Muirhead was scheduled to play Switzerland’s Silvana Tirinzoni, Winnipeg’s Kerri Einarson was to meet American Nina Roth and Sweden’s Anna Hasselborg was to face American Jamie Sinclair.
In men’s quarterfinal play, Calgary’s Kevin Koe was to take on Toronto’s John Epping and Brad Gushue of St. John’s was to play Scotland’s Bruce Mouat.
Sweden’s Niklas Edin was scheduled to play Scotland’s Kyle Smith and Jason Gunnlaugson was to meet Mike McEwen in a battle of Winnipeg skips.
The semifinals were scheduled for Saturday night and the finals were set for Sunday.
The Players’ Championship is the penultimate event of the Grand Slam curling season.