Canada’s Rachel Homan defeated Switzerland’s Silvana Tirinzoni 7-5 to win the women’s curling final at the Co-op Canadian Open on Sunday.
Down 3-2 after three ends, Homan scored three points in the fourth end and another point in the fifth to take control of the game.
Tirinzoni made it a one-point game with two in the sixth but that was as close as her rink would get.
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Homan scored once more in the seventh to secure the victory.
Homan, from Ottawa, went a perfect 4-0 in pool play before topping Kerri Einarson of Gimli, Man., 7-5 in the quarterfinals and then besting South Korea’s Seung-youn Ha 6-1 in the semifinals, both on Saturday.
Canada’s Brad Gushue is set to face Scotland’s Bruce Mouat in the men’s final later Sunday.
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