Waterloo Region Record

Fleury tops Einarson to reach quarterfinals

OAKVILLE — Tracy Fleury made an open hit to score four points in an 8-5 victory over Kerri Einarson on Friday afternoon at the Grand Slam of Curling’s Masters event.

Fleury’s team from East St. Paul, Man., advanced to the quarterfinals with the victory. Einarson, of Gimli, Man., fell into the “C” bracket at the triple-knockout competition.

Edmonton’s Kelsey Rocque, American Tabitha Peterson and South Korea’s Eunjung Kim also locked up quarterfinal spots with Draw 15 wins.

Rocque beat South Korea’s Hyerin Kim, 5-3, Kim edged Sweden’s Anna Hasselborg, 5-4, and Peterson topped Sweden’s Isabella Wrana, 8-6.

In the late-morning draw at the Sixteen Mile Sports Centre, Edmonton’s Brendan Bottcher, Brad Jacobs of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., and Sweden’s Niklas Edin moved on to the men’s quarterfinals.

Bottcher defeated Scotland’s Ross Whyte, 6-4, Jacobs beat Winnipeg’s Jason Gunnlaugson, 5-4, and Edin downed Calgary’s Kevin Koe, 6-4.

Japan’s Yuta Matsumura outscored Rich Ruohonen, 11-8, to eliminate the American from weekend play.

In Friday’s opening draw, Winnipeg native Jennifer Jones avoided elimination with an 8-3 victory over Japan’s Tori Koana.

Jones dropped her first two games of the competition to fall into the “C” bracket.

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