Sunday's finals set for curling's WFG Masters: Homan v. Hasselborg, Jacobs v. Whyte

Rachel Homan is still alive for yet another title in the 2024-25 Grand Slam of Curling series.

But Bruce Mouat is not.

After Saturday’s late semifinals at the World Financial Group Masters in Guelph, Ont., Sunday’s championship draws are set, with Canada’s Homan in the hunt for a third straight major victory and Scotland’s Mouat, who was gunning for a fourth consecutive slam triumph, standing on the sidelines.

“Hopefully, we’ll be able to come out on top,” Homan told Sportsnet, moments after disposing of South Korea’s Kim Eun-jung in a 10-7 semi that came down to the hammer and a winning count of four by the Ottawa team.

Kim’s last rock was a touch heavy, allowing Homan to hit and stick for the victory and a spot in the final.

“Kim played an unbelievable game,” Homan told Sportsnet. “We started off slowed and missed some opportunities (falling behind 4-1 through three ends). But we battled back (with three in the fourth). Really proud of my team’s effort for sticking with it and staying shot by shot. And we made enough there in the end there to secure the victory.

“We moved a few rocks around, figured out a few lines that we were missing on and just moved forward and tried to make the next one,” continued Homan. “Really proud of my team for doing that and executing big in the end.”

The Canadians play Sweden’s Anna Hasselborg, who topped countrymate Isabella Wrana 6-3 in the other semi, for the WFG Masters women’s title in Sunday’s finale (4:30 p.m. ET, Sportsnet, Sportsnet+).

“They’ve played unreal all week,” said Homan, of Hasselborg — the last unbeaten women’s team this week at the Masters. “I know we’re going to need everything to be able to be in contention with them. They’re a great team, and we’ll hopefully be able to give them our best game of the week.”

The men are hoping for the same heading into their final, which pits Calgary’s Brad Jacobs against Scotland’s Ross Whyte (noon ET, Sportsnet, Sportsnet+).

Jacobs and his team stopped the Mouat train in a 7-5 decision late Saturday.

But it, too, came down to the game’s last rock, with Jacobs executing a perfect draw — with backing from a Scotland stone — to get a hair more of the button than his foe’s would-be counter for the semifinal victory.

Whyte was successful, as well, with hammer in the final end to stave off Saskatoon’s Matt Dunstone in another 7-5 nail-biter.

“How was that for a finish?” wrote Team Jacobs via social media. “We’re heading to another @grandslamcurl Championship Final!”

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