Playoff matchups set for final stop of Mixed Doubles Super Series season

Four more teams qualified for the final day of competition at the Mixed Doubles Super Series in Brantford, Ont., following big wins on Saturday at the Brant Curling Club.

Watch live coverage from Brantford, Ont., on CBC Sports, beginning at 9 a.m. ET

A Canadian female curler releases a curling rock with her right hand as she slides down the ice on her right knee. The curling broom glides along the ice in her left hand.
Edmonton's Laura Walker, pictured during the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in January, advanced to the final day of competition at the Mixed Doubles Super Series in Brantford, Ont., alongside partner Kirk Muyres on Saturday. (Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press)

Four more teams qualified for the final day of competition at the Mixed Doubles Super Series in Brantford, Ont., following big wins on Saturday at the Brant Curling Club.

The Eppic Ale Players Championship wraps up Sunday, with the final set for 4 p.m. ET. Watch live coverage of the playoffs on CBC Sports, beginning with the quarter-finals at 9 a.m. ET.

Laura Walker and Kirk Muyres of Edmonton will take on Kira Brunton and Brad Jacobs of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., in the quarter-finals, with the winner advancing to face Switzerland's Jenny Perret and Martin Rios.

Regina's Jennifer Armstrong and Brayden Stewart will play Scotland's Jenn Dodds and Bruce Mouat for a spot in the other semifinal against Estonia's Marie Kaldvee and Harri Lill.

The competition is the final stop of the Mixed Doubles Super Series season.

WATCH | That Curling Show — Mixed doubles curling has never been healthier in Canada:

That Curling Show: Mixed doubles curling has never been healthier in Canada

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Duration 30:18
That Curling Show checks in from the Mixed Doubles Super Series championship with Jennifer Dodds, Bruce Mouat, Marie Kaldvee and Harri Lill from ice-level. Then we get a temperature check on the state of mixed doubles curling in Canada with Curling Canada's Scott Pfeifer. Junior curler Austin Snyder also checks in before heading off to worlds.

Armstrong and Stewart advanced as the B-side qualifiers, along with Brunton and Jacobs.

Armstrong and Stewart kicked off the day with a 7-4 win over Jaelyn and Jim Cotter of Vernon, B.C., and they followed it up with a 12-5 victory against Jennifer Jones and Brent Laing of Barrie, Ont., in the afternoon draw.

Brunton and Jacobs picked up a 7-4 win over fellow Canadians Walker and Muyres in the morning draw before adding an 8-6 win over Dodds and Mouat in the afternoon.

Walker and Muyres secured a spot in Sunday's playoff bracket as a C-side qualifier, along with Dodds and Mouat.

The Edmonton duo bounced back from their morning loss with an 8-6 win over Saskatoon's Nancy Martin and Tyrel Griffith, the world's No. 3 pairing. They closed out the day with an 8-7 win over Jones and Laing in the evening draw, eliminating their compatriots in the process.

Walker and Muyres have both stepped away from the four-person game to focus solely on mixed doubles.

Dodds and Mouat, meanwhile, also finished the day strong with a commanding 11-4 win over the Cotters in the evening draw after scoring four in the seventh end.

Perret and Rios previously booked a spot in the semifinals on Friday along with Kaldvee and Lill as the A-side qualifiers.

That Curling Show will be live every day of the competition, with coverage concluding Sunday evening.

For more results from the four-day competition in Brantford, visit the Curling Zone scoreboard.

The season started in October just outside Ottawa at Carleton Place, where Dodds and Mouat beat Walker and Muyres in an extra end to claim the first-ever super series title.

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