SASKATOON \u2014 Yannick Schwaller of Geneva, Switzerland, punched his ticket to Sunday’s final at the HearingLife Canadian Open with a 7-5 win Saturday night over John Shuster of Duluth, Minn.<\/p>\n
Schwaller, who defeated Marc Muskatewitz of Germany 7-1 in Saturday’s earlier quarterfinals, scored three in the opening end against Shuster. He went up 4-1 in the third with a single, but Shuster scored a deuce in the fourth, and stole one in the fifth to tie the game 4-4 after five ends.<\/p>\n
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But Schwaller counted two in the sixth, held Shuster to a single in the seventh, and scored one in the eighth to seal the deal in the Grand Slam of Curling competition at Merlis Belsher Place.<\/p>\n
Schwaller will face Ross Whyte in the final after he knocked off Bruce Mouat 6-4 in an all Scotland semifinal. Whyte beat Brad Jacobs of Calgary 8-6 in Saturday’s quarterfinals.<\/p>\n
Against Mouat, Whyte trailed 4-2 after six ends, but tied it 4-4 with a deuce in the seventh and stole two in the eighth for the victory.<\/p>\n
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Japan’s Satsuki Fujisawa, who beat defending champion Rachel Homan 5-4 in women’s quarterfinal play Saturday afternoon, advanced to Sunday’s final with a 7-5 victory over Momoha Tabata, also of Japan.<\/p>\n
Fujisawa trailed 4-1 after four ends, but scored three in the fifth to tie the game, then went ahead 6-4 with a steal of two in the sixth end. The teams traded singles in the final two ends.<\/p>\n
Fujisawa will play Silvana Tirinzoni of Switzerland after she edged Sayaka Yoshimura of Japan 5-4 in Saturday’s semifinal. Yoshimura tied the game 4-4 with a deuce in the seventh, but Tirinzoni scored one with the hammer to register the win.<\/p>\n
Yoshimura defeated Kerri Einarson of Gimli, Man., 9-6 in Saturday’s quarterfinals.<\/p>\n
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 20, 2025.<\/p>\n
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