{"id":67184,"date":"2015-12-12T23:42:47","date_gmt":"2015-12-13T04:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=67184"},"modified":"2015-12-12T23:42:47","modified_gmt":"2015-12-13T04:42:47","slug":"jennifer-jones-to-face-rachel-homan-in-canadian-open-championship-draw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/12\/12\/jennifer-jones-to-face-rachel-homan-in-canadian-open-championship-draw\/","title":{"rendered":"Jennifer Jones to face Rachel Homan in Canadian Open championship draw"},"content":{"rendered":"
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YORKTON, Sask.\u2014Jennifer Jones knocked off defending champion Eve Muirhead with a 7-2 decision in the semifinals at the Canadian Open on Saturday and will face fellow Canadian Rachel Homan in the championship draw.<\/p>\n

Jones and her rink from Winnipeg trailed the Scottish skip 2-1 after three ends but responded with back-to-back singles and a deuce in the sixth to take a 5-2 lead. Jones added two more in the seventh to seal the victory.<\/p>\n

Homan had very little difficulty earning a berth in the finals, disposing of Calgary’s Chelsea Carey 6-0.<\/p>\n

The Ottawa foursome opened with a score of two in the first end, added a single in the second and then produced singles in the fourth, fifth and sixth en route to ending the draw after just six ends.<\/p>\n

On the men’s side, Brad Gushue of St. John’s, N.L., will go for his second straight Canadian Open crown after defeating Winnipeg’s Reid Carruthers 5-2 in semifinal action.<\/p>\n

Gushue and Carruthers were tied 1-1 until the East Coast skip scored three in the fifth for a 4-1 lead. Carruthers gained a single back in the sixth, but Gushue scored one in the seventh to put the draw out of reach.<\/p>\n

Gushue will face Toronto’s John Epping, who eliminated 2013 champion Kevin Koe 6-5 in the other men’s semi.<\/p>\n

Koe and his Calgary rink grabbed a deuce in the seventh for a 5-4 lead, but couldn’t hold on as Epping responded with two of his own in the eighth end for the come-from-behind victory.<\/p>\n

Both the men’s and women’s finals are scheduled for Sunday. The Canadian Open is the third major on the Grand Slam of Curling season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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