Canada’s Chelsea Carey was eliminated at the HearingLife Tour Challenge on Friday morning after dropping a 5-1 decision to Japan’s Satsuki Fujisawa.
Carey’s Winnipeg-based team played as a threesome at the Grand Slam event as second Emily Zacharias was unavailable.
Third Karlee Burgess threw a game-low 57 per cent as the Carey side fell to 1-3.
In other early games at the Bell Aliant Centre, Brad Gushue of St. John’s defeated Scotland’s Cameron Bryce 6-3 and Switzerland’s Silvana Tirinzoni beat Scotland’s Rebecca Morrison 6-3.
American John Shuster made a hit in an extra end for a 7-6 victory over Italy’s Joel Retornaz.
Three more draws are scheduled for later in the day. The finals are scheduled for Sunday.
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