Canada's Homan tops Switzerland's Tirinzoni to win Co-op Canadian Open




Canada's Rachel Homan defeated Switzerland's Silvana Tirinzoni 7-5 to win the women's curling final at the Co-op Canadian Open on Sunday.

Down 3-2 after three ends, Homan scored three points in the fourth end and another point in the fifth to take control of the game.

Tirinzoni made it a one-point game with a deuce in the sixth but that was as close as her team would get.

Homan scored once more in the seventh to secure the victory.

WATCH | Homan defends crownat Co-op Canadian Open:

Team Rachel Homan defends title at Co-op Canadian Open

Team Rachel Homan of Ottawa, Ontario won her 16th career grand slam while extending her winning streak to 16 games beating Switzerland's Team Silvana Tirinzoni 7-5 at the Grand Slam Of Curling Co-op Canadian Open.

Homan, from Ottawa, went a perfect 4-0 in pool play before topping Kerri Einarson of Gimli, Man., 7-5 in the quarterfinals and then besting South Korea's Seung-youn Ha 6-1 in the semifinals, both on Saturday.

Canada's Brad Gushue fell 6-3 to Scotland's Bruce Mouat in the men's final later Sunday.

Mouat jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first end and was up 6-2 after five ends. Gushue, from St. John's, N.L., scored one point in the seventh before shaking hands.

Gushue went 4-0 in pool play before continuing his winning ways to advance into the final. Gushue defeated Sweden's Niklas Edin 6-5 in the quarterfinals and then topped Switzerland's Yannick Schwaller 6-2 in Saturday's semifinals.

WATCH | Gushue bested by Scotland's Mouat:

Team Mouat defeats Team Gushue at Canadian Open grand slam

Bruze Mouat claims back-to-back grand slam curling wins this time defeating Brand Gushue and his rink 6-3 at the Co-op Canadian Open.


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Posted: 2024-11-11 15:15:10

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