NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. — Kaitlyn Lawes and Jennifer Jones won just about everything you could think of in curling during their 12 seasons together, from Olympic gold to Canadian and world championships.
That also includes six Grand Slam of Curling titles but now, they’ll square off for the next one in Sunday’s HearingLife Tour Challenge women’s final.
Lawes reached her first Grand Slam final since returning to her skip roots after her Winnipeg-based club defeated Team Kerri Einarson of Gimli, Man., 6-4 during Saturday night’s semifinals.
Jones, whose team is based out of Winnipeg and Altona, Man., advanced by a 7-5 score over Sweden’s Team Anna Hasselborg.
Meanwhile, Canada’s Team Brendan Bottcher and Italy’s Team Joël Retornaz will clash in the men’s final.
For Bottcher, it’ll be his third Grand Slam final in four events following title wins in the Co-op Canadian Open and KIOTI Tractor Champions Cup last season.
It’s the second-ever Grand Slam final for Retornaz, whose team captured the WFG Masters a year ago to become the first Italian club to win a title in the series.
TIER 2 FINALS SET
South Korea’s Team Eun-Jung Kim will play Denmark’s Team Madeleine Dupont in the Tier 2 women’s final.
Kim downed Canada’s Team Danielle Inglis 10-4 and Dupont defeated Canada’s Team Jolene Campbell 12-2.
Japan’s Team Yusuke Morozumi meets Team Daniel Casper of the United States in the Tier 2 men’s final.
Morozumi beat Canada’s Team Karsten Sturmay 7-4 and Casper clipped Canada’s Team Mike McEwen 8-3.
The winners of the Tier 2 will receive berths to join the top group for the Co-op Canadian Open in January.
HOW TO WATCH THE FINALS
The women’s finals kick off Championship Sunday live on Sportsnet and Sportsnet+ at 10:30 a.m. ET / 7:30 a.m. PT followed by the men’s finals on Sportsnet East, Ontario, Pacific, Sportsnet 360 and Sportsnet+ at 3 p.m. ET / 12 p.m. PT.
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