Canadian champion Jacobs edges Italy’s Retornaz at Grand Slam of Curling event

TORONTO — Reigning Canadian champion Brad Jacobs defeated Italy’s Joel Retornaz 5-4 on Thursday morning at the AMJ Players’ Championship.

Jacobs, who threw at a game-low 70 per cent, scored a single in the eighth end for the win.

The world bronze medallist is playing with a substitute front end this week of Connor Njegovan at lead and Tyler Tardi at second.

Germany’s Marc Muskatewitz edged Scotland’s Ross Whyte 5-4 and Japan’s Satsuki Fujisawa topped South Korea’s Eunji Gim 6-5.