Canada’s Lawes beats Japan’s Kitazawa at Grand Slam of Curling’s Co-op Canadian Open

NISKU, Alta. — Canada’s Kaitlyn Lawes defeated Japan’s Ikue Kitazawa 6-4 on Wednesday at the Grand Slam of Curling’s Co-op Canadian Open.

Lawes, from Winnipeg, led by three at the game’s midway point and iced the win with a single in the eighth end.

In other early games, Xenia Schwaller edged Silvana Tirinzoni 6-5 in an all-Swiss battle, Italy’s Stefania Constantini beat South Korea’s Seung-youn Ha 7-3 and Japan’s Satsuki Fujisawa dumped South Korea’s Eun-ji Gim 8-2.

Three more draws were scheduled for later in the day at the Silent Ice Centre.