World champion Mouat beats Dropkin in early draw at season-ending Grand Slam event

TORONTO — Top-ranked Bruce Mouat of Scotland defeated American Korey Dropkin 5-1 on Wednesday morning at the AMJ Players’ Championship.

Mouat, who won a world championship last weekend in Moose Jaw, Sask., iced the win with a deuce in the seventh end.

In other games, John Epping topped Mike McEwen 7-5 in an all-Canadian battle and Japan’s Sayaka Yoshimura upset Canada’s Rachel Homan 8-4. Momoha Tabata beat Satsuki Fujisawa 7-5 in a matchup of Japanese teams.

Three more draws were scheduled for later in the day at the Mattamy Athletic Centre.