Rachel Homan remained undefeated at the Grand Slam of Curling’s WFG Masters with a 6-2 win over Kerri Einarson on Thursday.
Homan’s top-ranked team from Ottawa took control of the marquee matchup with two points in the fourth end to take a 4-1 lead.
Einarson, from Gimli, Man., responded with a point in the fifth, but Homan followed a blank sixth end with a point in the seventh and a steal of one in the eighth.
Homan improved to 3-0 while Einarson fell to 2-1.
In other results from Thursday’s second draw, Japan’s Momoha Tabata (2-1) posted a 7-4 win over Winnipeg’s Kaitlyn Lawes (1-2), South Korea’s Ha Seung-youn (1-2) cruised to a 9-2 victory over Calgary’s Kayla Skrlik (0-3) and Sweden’s Isabella Wrana (2-1) earned a 7-4 win over Japan’s Satsuki Fujisawa (1-2).
In Thursday’s morning draw, Scotland’s Ross Whyte (2-1) earned a 9-4 win over Brad Gushue of St. John’s, N.L. (0-3), Winnipeg’s Matt Dunstone (3-0) eased to a 7-1 win over Saskatoon’s Rylan Kleiter (0-3), Italy’s Joel Retornaz (2-1) was a 5-2 winner over Switzerland’s Yannick Schwaller (1-2) and Germany’s Marc Muskatewitz (3-0) scored in an extra end to wrap up a 5-4 win over Norway’s Magnus Ramsfjell (1-2).
Two more draws were scheduled for later Thursday, and play continues through Sunday at the fourth Grand Slam stop of the season.