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Jennifer Jones falls in final team game of her career at Players' Championship

Gregory Strong | The Canadian Press | Posted: April 12, 2024 6:49 PM | Last Updated: April 13

Rachel Homan secures top spot, berth in semifinals with 6-5 victory over Fujisawa

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Caption: Team Manitoba-Jones skip Jennifer Jones watches her shot at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in February. Jones played the final team game of her career at the Princess Auto Players' Championship on Friday. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press)

Canadian curling legend Jennifer Jones dropped a 7-6 decision to Sweden's Anna Hasselborg on Friday at the Princess Auto Players' Championship in the final team game of the Winnipeg skip's career.
Jones needed a victory to qualify for a tiebreaker on Saturday morning at the season-ending Grand Slam event.
Instead Hasselborg made the top-six cut for weekend play at the Mattamy Athletic Centre.
Jones, a six-time national women's champion, announced her retirement plans earlier in the season.
WATCH | Jones reflects on sparkling career:

Media Video | Jennifer Jones reflects on her career, legacy, and life after curling

Caption: Jennifer Jones joins That Curling Show ahead of her final appearance at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, with the announcement that she will be retiring at the end of this season. The skip reflects on her illustrious career, the influence of her dad on her journey, and what she plans to do next.

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The 2014 Olympic champion still plans to compete in mixed doubles.
Earlier, Ottawa's Rachel Homan locked up top spot in the women's standings and a berth in the semifinals with a 6-5 win over Japan's Satsuki Fujisawa.
The top-ranked Homan, who won a world title last month, finished the round robin with a perfect 5-0 record.
Sweden's Isabella Wrana took the other direct berth into the semifinal with a 5-4 win over Italy's Stefania Constantini.
Wrana, Switzerland's Silvana Tirinzoni and South Korea's Eun Ji Gim finished the round robin at 4-1, but the Swedish skip had the tiebreaker with the superior shootout score.
A team's cumulative shootout score comes from pre-game draws to the button to determine which team gets hammer.
WATCH | Homan victorious at worlds:

Media Video | Canada's Homan defeats Switzerland's Tirinzoni for 2nd title at women's curling worlds

Caption: Canada's Rachel Homan wins gold at the women's curling world championship with a 7-5 win over Switzerland's Silvana Tirinzoni. The win ended Canada's six-year title drought at this event.

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In men's play, Scotland's Bruce Mouat earned a direct berth into the semifinals with a 5-4 win over Calgary's Kevin Koe.
Winnipeg's Mike McEwen (4-0) also secured a top-two finish with an 8-3 win over Scotland's James Craik.
Brad Gushue (3-2) of St. John's, N.L., secured a playoff spot despite dropping an 8-2 decision to Edmonton's Brendan Bottcher. Italy's Joel Retornaz edged Scotland's Ross Whyte 8-7.
Both teams finished with 3-2 records and qualified for the playoffs.
Sweden's Niklas Edin (3-2) secured the other playoff spot with a 3-1 win over Brad Jacobs of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.
The finals are scheduled for Sunday.

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