There will likely be some worldwide flavour within the males’s and ladies’s last of the Canadian Open on Sunday in Camrose, Alta.
Brendan Bottcher’s Calgary crew will play Nicklas Edin’s workforce from Karlstad, Sweden within the Grand Slam of Curling males’s last at Encana Arena.
Edin defeated Brad Gushue’s workforce from St. John’s, N.L., 8-5 in Saturday night time’s semifinal. The sport was tied 3-3 after 4 ends, however Edin scored three within the fifth and two extra within the seventh to register the win.
Bottcher edged Joel Retornaz’s Switzerland workforce 3-2 within the different semifinal, with Bottcher scoring one within the eighth finish for the win.
The Bottcher workforce consists of third Marc Kennedy, second Brett Gallant and lead Ben Hebert.
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The Edin crew consists of third Oskar Eriksson, second Rasmus Wrana and lead Christopher Sundgren.
On the ladies’s aspect, Satsuki Fujsawa of Kitami, Japan will play Kerri Einarson of Gimli, Man., within the girls’s last.
Fujisawa superior with a 7-6 win in Saturday night time’s semifinal in opposition to Eun-Ji Gim’s crew from Uijeongbu, South Korea. Fujisawa scored deuces within the first, third and seventh ends en path to the thrilling win.
Einarson scored two within the sixth and stole 4 within the seventh to defeat Isabella Wrana’s workforce from Sundbyberg, Sweden 8-2.
