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GUELPH, Ont. — Team Satsuki Fujisawa of Japan advanced to the WFG Masters women’s quarterfinals after stealing the winning point in the extra end to edge Winnipeg’s Team Kaitlyn Lawes 5-4 during Saturday’s tiebreakers.

Fujisawa will face Team Eun-jung Kim later Saturday. The South Korean club held the No. 2 pick in Friday night’s playoff draft and selected the winner of the tiebreaker between Fujisawa and Lawes for the quarterfinals.

Team Momoha Tabata of Japan also advanced out of the tiebreakers with a 6-4 victory over Ottawa’s Team Danielle Inglis.

Tabata takes on Team Anna Hasselborg as the Swedish squad selected the Tabata/Inglis winner with the No. 1 pick in the draft.

The other women’s quarterfinal matchups see Sweden’s Team Isabella Wranå play Team Kerri Einarson of Gimli, Man., and Ottawa’s Team Rachel Homan facing Team Silvana Tirinzoni of Switzerland. Homan chose Tirinzoni with the third pick in the draft and Wranå was left with Einarson.

Meanwhile, Switzerland’s Team Yanick Schwaller and Team Korey Dropkin of the United States won their tiebreakers to reach the men’s quarterfinals.

Schwaller downed Italy’s Team Joël Retornaz 8-1 and Dropkin defeated Team John Epping of Sudbury, Ont., 8-5.

Calgary’s Team Brad Jacobs selected Team Marc Muskatewitz of Germany with the first pick in the draft.

Winnipeg’s Team Matt Dunstone held the second pick and will play Dropkin.

Scotland’s Team Ross Whyte picked third and chose Sweden’s Team Niklas Edin with Scotland’s Team Bruce Mouat meeting Schwaller.

The men’s quarterfinals begin playoff action at 11 a.m. ET / 8 a.m. PT followed by the women’s quarterfinals at 3 p.m. ET / noon PT.

The men’s and women’s semifinals are on tap at 7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT.

Both finals are set for Sunday.

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