Team Jennifer Jones bowed out of the Players' Championship on Friday night to end her legendary career in the four-player game.
Canadian curling legend Jennifer Jones dropped a 7-6 decision to Sweden’s Anna Hasselborg on Friday at the Princess Auto Players’ Championship in the final team game of the Winnipeg skip’s career.
Jones needed a victory to qualify for a tiebreaker on Saturday morning at the season-ending Grand Slam event.Jones, a six-time national women’s champion, announced her retirement plans earlier in the season.Earlier, Ottawa’s Rachel Homan locked up top spot in the women’s standings and a berth in the semifinals with a 6-5 win over Japan’s Satsuki Fujisawa.The top-ranked Homan, who won a world title last month, finished the round robin with a perfect 5-0 record.
Wrana, Switzerland’s Silvana Tirinzoni and South Korea’s Eun Ji Gim finished the round robin at 4-1, but the Swedish skip had the tiebreaker with the superior shootout score. A team’s cumulative shootout score comes from pre-game draws to the button to determine which team gets hammer.In men’s play, Scotland’s Bruce Mouat earned a direct berth into the semifinals with a 5-4 win over Calgary’s Kevin Koe.Brad Gushue of St. John’s, N.L., secured a playoff spot despite dropping an 8-2 decision to Edmonton’s Brendan Bottcher. Italy’s Joel Retornaz edged Scotland’s Ross Whyte 8-7.
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