Gushue to meet Retornaz in men's Players' Championship final
Brad Gushue pulled out a tight 6-5 win over Scotland's Ross Whyte to advance into the men's semifinal at the Grand Slam of Curling's season-ending Players' Championship on Saturday in Toronto.
Reigning world champ Rachel Homan ousted in women's semifinals by Silvana Tirinzoni
Brad Gushue advanced to the championship final at the Grand Slam of Curling's season-ending Players' Championship in Toronto.
The St. John's rink defeated Scotland's Ross Whyte 6-5 in Saturday's quarterfinals, then edged Scotland's Bruce Mouat 6-5 in the evening semifinals.
Gushue will face Italy's Joel Retornaz in Sunday's final. Retornaz topped world men's champion Niklas Edin of Sweden 7-2 in the quarterfinals then trimmed Mike McEwen of Winnipeg 6-5 in the semifinals.
Switzerland's Silvana Tirinzoni defeated Ottawa's Rachel Homan, the reigning world champion, 5-3 in Saturday night's semifinal, to advance to Sunday's final.
Tirinzoni will meet Sweden's Isabella Wrana, who defeated South Korea's Gim Eun-ji 6-5 in the other semifinal.
