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Kim holds off Homan at Players’ Championship

TORONTO — EunJung Kim of South Korea is on the board at the Players’ Championship after edging Ottawa’s Rachel Homan 6-5 Thursday.

Kim, who earned silver on home ice at the Pyeongchang Winter Games, now holds a 1-2 record while Homan, who represented Canada at the Olympics, dropped to 0-3 with two round-robin games to go each.

After a single to start, Kim extended her lead to 3-0 with back-to-back steals in two and three. Homan drew for two in the fourth, but Kim countered right back with a deuce in the fifth to re-establish the three-point gap.

The six-time Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling title winner Homan erased the deficit hitting for two in the sixth and stealing one in the seventh. Kim held the hammer coming home though and although her final shot didn’t go as planned, she still managed to knock out Homan’s rock to grab the winning point.

Team Homan returned to its regular throwing order after lead Lisa Weagle and second Joanne Courtney had switched spots during their first couple games of the tournament.

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Elsewhere, reigning world champion Jennifer Jones improved to a 3-0 record to take sole possession of first place in the standings. Jones, who is also the defending Players’ champion, scored two in the eighth end to lift her Winnipeg club to an 8-7 victory over Edmonton’s Team Rocque, skipped by Laura Crocker.

Kelsey Rocque was unable to make it to the event and Team McCarville’s Kendra Lilly is filling in at third with Crocker moving to fourth. Team Rocque now holds a 2-1 record.

Scotland’s Eve Muirhead won her second game in a row to improve to a 2-1 record with a 6-4 win over American Nina Roth (1-2).

Japan’s Satsuki Fujisawa (1-2) picked up her first win defeating Winnipeg’s Kerri Einarson 5-3. Einarson dropped to a 0-2 record.

Sweden’s Anna Hasselborg (2-0) earned a 7-4 victory over American Jamie Sinclair (2-1).

The Players’ Championship features 12 of the top women’s teams and 12 of the top men’s teams in the world. Teams are split into two pools for round-robin play with the best eight overall qualifying for the weekend playoffs. The GSOC’s Bonus Cup, awarded to the season men’s and women’s champions, will also be handed out following the conclusion of the Players’ Championship.

Round-robin action continues Noon ET at Ryerson’s Mattamy Athletic Centre with television coverage on Sportsnet with online streaming available at Sportsnet NOW (Canada) and Yare TV (international).

April 8-13, 2025 Mattamy Athletic Centre Toronto, ON