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NISKU, Alta. — Japan’s Team Satsuki Fujisawa held on for a 4-3 victory over Switzerland’s Team Xenia Schwaller to start in the win column Tuesday at the Co-op Canadian Open.

After giving up a steal to open the scoring in the second, Fujisawa recovered with a deuce in the third and stole back-to-back single points in the fifth and sixth ends.

Schwaller settled for a single in the seventh, but that handed the hammer back to Fujisawa for the final frame. Fujisawa cut the damage down to a single steal to secure the win.

Elsewhere in Draw 2, Team Stefania Constantini of Italy earned a 7-3 victory against Winnipeg’s Team Kaitlyn Lawes. Third Selena Njegovan is skipping the Canadian club with Lawes away on maternity leave.

Team Seung-youn Ha downed Team Eun-ji Gim 10-3 in a wild one between South Korean clubs. Ha scored four in the first and Gim charged with a count of three in the second. That was all the offence Gim could generate though. Ha came right back scoring three in the third to re-establish the four-point advantage and then rolled away with single steals in three consecutive ends.

Switzerland’s Team Silvana Tirinzoni took two in the eighth end to edge Japan’s Team Ikue Kitazawa 6-4.

UP NEXT

Round-robin play continues at the Silent Ice Center with Draw 3 at 5 p.m. ET / 3 p.m. MT. Online streaming for every game is available in free preview at thegrandslamofcurling.com.

Coverage on Sportsnet and Sportsnet+ begins Thursday at 2 p.m. ET / noon MT.

NOTES

The Co-op Canadian Open is the second Grand Slam of Curling event of the season featuring 16 of the top men’s teams and 16 of the top women’s teams from around the world. … Round-robin play runs through to Friday evening. The top eight teams advance to the playoffs. If necessary, one tiebreaker draw will be played Saturday morning. … The quarterfinals and semifinals are scheduled for Saturday with both finals on tap Sunday.