The gold medalists of the Beijing Winter Olympics advanced to the qualifying round of the triple knockout with a record of 3-1 after losing 6-3 on Thursday night by three-time reigning world champion Team Silvana Tirinzoni from Switzerland. “A really good day and a very strong performance there after the night of our loss,” said Team Muirhead’s third Vicky Wright. “We came together again and came out shooting, a really clinical performance and we came out with the victory.” The theft was key for the gold medalists who lost their place, as they stole two points in the second end, when Homan’s shooter slipped deep in her last and three in the fifth, when the overtaking from Ottawa was short for the draw. Homan shook hands early after Muirhand pirate another pair of points in the sixth. “We have not played in the Olympics, so it was nice to be back on the ice and have a very strong team performance,” Wright said. “We’re just having fun this week and making the most of it.” Muirhead has won the Toronto Players’ Championship three times: 2013, 2015 and 2016. “There are a lot of great memories in this building,” Muirhead said at the start of the tournament. “It’s always nice to be back in Toronto and playing in front of fans makes it even better.” Wright echoed this last part as they played the Winter Olympics in a mostly empty arena. “It was fun,” Wright said. “This is our last week as a team before the end of the season, so we want to come back here and really enjoy the world.” Both of Homan’s points came in the third end in a good shot that hit her own stone and her shooter bounced off the Team Muirhead rock to stay for the duo. Homan, who fell in qualifying C of the triple knockout qualifiers, has won a record 11 Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling women titles and is far from becoming the first woman to complete a Grand Slam career. . Japan’s Satsuki Fujisawa advanced to the quarterfinals with a 9-2 victory over Thunder Bay’s Krista McCarville’s Ont. Already one-on-one, silver medalist Fujisawa equalized to score four in the fifth and stole two in the sixth. Kerim Einarson from Gimli, Man., Also entered the playoffs through brackets B, defeating German team Daniela Jentsch 10-2. Homan faces Mackenzie Zacharias of Altona, Man., And Jentsch faces Sweden’s Anna Hasselborg in Friday qualifiers C on Friday afternoon, while McCarville faces Sweden’s Isabella Wrana. Wrana beat Regina’s Chelsea Carey 9-5 in the C-semifinals to stay in the mix. The triple knockout consists of three brackets: A, B and C. Teams must win three games to qualify for the playoffs. Each defeat throws a team into a lower division until it loses three games and is eliminated from the tournament. Two teams A (3-0 record), three teams B (3-1 record) and three teams C (3-2 record) advance to the quarterfinals. The Swiss team Silvana Tirinzoni and the Tracy Fleury team of East St. Paul, Man. Advanced to the A-side in the women’s division on Thursday night, while Scotland’s Bruce Mouat and Sweden’s Niklas Edin lost 3-0 to the men. NEXT The Princess Auto Player Championship continues with the Draw 15 at 4 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. PT on Sportsnet, Sportsnet NOW (Canada) and Yare (International). The highlight of the game is St. Brad Gushue’s team. John’s, NL, against Calgary’s team Kevin Koe in a B qualifier. NOTES The Princess Auto Players’ Championship is the third edition of the 2021-22 season of Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling with 16 of the top men’s teams and 16 of the top women’s teams from around the world with a combined $ 350,000 wallet. The winning teams win $ 35,000. P The Pinty’s Cup will also be awarded to the champions of the season after the completion of the Princess Auto Players’ Championship. Pinty’s Cup winners receive a $ 50,000 bonus. Προη The quarterfinals and semifinals are scheduled for Saturday and both finals are set for Sunday.
