Japan's Satsuki Fujisawa beat defending champion Rachel Homan 5-4 in women's quarterfinal play Saturday afternoon at the HearingLife Canadian Open.
Homan, from Ottawa, needed a deuce to force an extra end but her double-runback was heavy and she settled for a single.
Kerri Einarson of Gimli, Man., was also eliminated after dropping a 9-6 decision to Japan's Sayaka Yoshimura.
In other quarterfinals, Japan's Momoha Tabata topped Seung-youn Ha of South Korea 7-6 in an extra end and Switzerland's Silvana Tirinzoni beat China's Wang Rui 7-4.
Ross Whyte of Scotland knocked off Brad Jacobs of Calgary 8-6 in Saturday's quarterfinals. Jacobs, who will represent Canada at the upcoming Winter Olympics, scored three in the seventh end to reduce the deficit to 7-6, but Whyte scored a single in the eighth end to clinch the victory.
In other quarterfinals, Yannick Schwaller of Switzerland defeated Marc Muskatewitz of Germany 7-1, John Shuster of Duluth, Minn., beat Brad Gushue of St. John's, N.L., 9-4, and Bruce Mouat of Scotland edged Joel Retornaz of Italy 5-3.
The semifinal draw was set for the evening at Merlis Belsher Place. The finals will go Sunday at the Grand Slam of Curling co
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