Bottcher beats Dropkin to remain undefeated at Canadian Open
Einarson's comeback effort falls short in loss to Fujisawa
Canada's Brendan Bottcher earned a 4-2 win over American Korey Dropkin to remain unbeaten at the Grand Slam of Curling's Canadian Open on Thursday night in Camrose, Alta.
Taking a 2-0 lead into the fourth end, Bottcher's rink had its lead cut in half. After a scoreless fifth, the two sides exchanged singles, with Bottcher having the last laugh in the eighth end.
Meanwhile, Reid Carruthers topped fellow Canadian Colton Flasch 7-5. Carruthers scored a single in each of the final two ends to run away with the victory.
Canada's Tanner Horgan also picked up a win, defeating the Netherlands' Wouter Gosgens 8-6 behind a two-point eighth end.
In the afternoon draw, Matt Dunstone grabbed an 8-5 victory over John Epping in an all-Canadian matchup Thursday afternoon.
Canada's Kevin Koe dropped a 9-6 decision to Italy's Joel Retornaz.
Einarson comes up short
In women's action, Canadian Kerri Einarson's comeback effort fell just short, losing 5-4 to Japan's Satsuki Fujisawa at Encana Arena.
Fellow Canadians Casey Scheidegger and Isabelle Ladouceur also dropped their matchups in the women's evening draw. Scheidegger fell 6-5 to Italy's Stefania Constantini, while Ladouceur was defeated 10-2 by Switzerland's Raphaela Keiser.
Sweden's Isabella Wran topped fellow Swede Anna Hasselborg 4-2 in the other game.
Canada's Rachel Homan and Kaitlyn Lawes both picked up victories in the morning draw.
Play continues through Sunday.
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