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Switzerland’s Silvana Tirinzoni defeated Japan’s Satsuki Fujisawa 7-1 in the women’s final at the HearingLife Canadian Open in Saskatoon on Sunday.
Tirinzoni jumped out to a 2-0 lead after the first end before Fujisawa trimmed the deficit to one in the second.
After a scoreless third, Tirinzoni’s rink scored five points across the next three ends, including a triple in the sixth.
The second-seeded Tirinzoni defeated Japan’s Sayaka Yoshimura 5-4 in Saturday’s semifinal to advance into Sunday’s final.
Meanwhile, the 10th-seeded Fujisawa took out top-ranked Rachel Homan of Ottawa in the quarterfinals before defeating Momoha Tabata of Japan 7-5 in the semifinals.
Scotland’s Ross Whyte will face Switzerland’s Yannick Schwaller later Sunday in the men’s final of the Grand Slam of Curling competition.