Brad Gushue of St. John's, N.L., opened the third Grand Slam of Curling event of the season by beating Winnipeg's Mike McEwen 7-6 in an extra end on Tuesday in his first match at the National. Gushue went undefeated through the first two Grand Slams of the year — the Masters in October and the Tour Challenge in September. On the women's side, Jennifer Jones of Winnipeg shut out Switzerland's Alina Paetz 7-0 in the afternoon draw. China's Binhyu Wang beat Allison Flaxey of Caledon, Ont., 6-3 and Edmonton's Val Sweeting downed Binia Feltscher of Switzerland 9-5. Tracy Fleury of Sudbury, Ont., edged Ottawa's Rachel Homan 5-4 in an extra end in the lone women's evening draw.

Source: CBC News November 15, 2017 04:30 UTC