Top-ranked skip Homan tops Einarson for 3rd straight win to open WFG Masters [Video]

Rachel Homan remained undefeated at the Grand Slam of Curling’s WFG Masters with a 6-2 win over Kerri Einarson on Thursday in Guelph, Ont.

Homan’s top-ranked team from Ottawa took control of the marquee matchup with two points in the fourth end to take a 4-1 lead.

Einarson, from Gimli, Man., responded with a point in the fifth, but Homan followed a blank sixth end with a point in the seventh and a steal of one in the eighth.

Homan improved to 3-0 while Einarson fell to 2-1.

In other results from Thursday’s second draw, Japan’s Momoha Tabata (2-1) posted a 7-4 win over Winnipeg’s Kaitlyn Lawes (1-2), South Korea’s Ha Seung-youn (1-2) cruised to a 9-2 victory over Calgary’s Kayla Skrlik (0-3) and Sweden’s Isabella Wrana (2-1) earned a 7-4 win over Japan’s Satsuki Fujisawa (1-2).

In Thursday’s morning draw, Scotland’s Ross Whyte (2-1) earned a 9-4 win over Brad Gushue of St. John’s (0-3), Winnipeg’s Matt Dunstone …