 Ottawa's Rachel Homan (photo: Jeffrey Au) won 6-5 over Sweden's Anna Hasselborg to win another Grand Slam title. This time, the KIOTI National was the trophy passed over to Homan, with Tracy Fleury at third, Emma Miskew, and Sarah Wilkes on the front end. For Rachel and Emma, the win is their 17th title, while the now have claimed their third KIOTI National title, winning previously in 2018, and 2015. This is the first win at the KIOTI National for Fleury and Wilkes. Homan improves their record to 40 wins and two losses on the season, stretching their winning streak to 23 games over the last three events. Hasselborg with Sara McManus at third, Agnes Knochenhauer at second and Sofia Mabergs at lead, also entered undefeated into Sunday's final at the Mary Brown's Centre in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. In the opening end, Hasselborg guarded their shot stone with their last rock. Homan, with hammer, attempted to pick shot stone from under cover, wrecking guard placed by the Swedes. The steal didn't slow Homan, who rebounded in the second end by drawing for two points. Hasselborg came back in the third end, making the hit and stick for a pair of their own. In the fourth end, Homan buried the first skip stone under a Hasselborg guard to sit shot. Hasselborg's last shot runback attempt ended up wide, leaving Homan the draw for a second point. A skip's deuce put Homan up 4-3 at the game's halfway point. After a blank in the fifth end, Homan came up clutch again in the sixth, making a last rock double takeout to force the Swedes into a single-point to knot the score at four a side. Hasselborg put the pressure on Homan in the seventh end, making the short slash to sit shot under cover and force Homan into a decision. The Canadians opted for the hero shot, a complicated runback for multiple-point score. The not-so-daunting downside is that a single-point steal left Homan down one point with hammer in the final end. Homan put the finishing touches on their 40th win of the season, chipping out the Hasselborg shotstone to score the two points needed for the win. Homan won 7-6 in an extra end over Korea's Eunjung Kim in Saturday's evening semifinals. Kim, with Kyeongae Kim at third, Chohi Kim and Seonyeong Kim on the front end, also entered the semifinals undefeated, winning the pre-game draw to the button for hammer advantage. Kim got off to a quick start, scoring two points in the first end, with Homan keeping pace with two points of their own in the second end. After Kim blanked the third end, they scored two points in the fourth end, then stole a point in the fifth end to lead 5-2 and looked to put Homan's streak at an end. Not to be counted out, Homan scored two points in the sixth end to cut the deficit to a single point, then stole two points in the seventh end to take their first lead of the game. Kim scored a single point in the eighth end to force an extra end, where Homan scored a single point for the win. In the other semifinal matchup, Hasselborg defeated Gimli's Kerri Einarson 7-1. Hasselborg opened scoring against Einarson with three points in the second end, then after trading singles, Hasselborg stole two points in the fifth end for a dominant 6-1 lead. Hasselborg stole another point in the sixth end after which Einarson conceded the match. In the quarterfinals, Hasselborg (Sundbyberg) defeated Christina Black (Halifax) 7-6 in an extra end, while Einarson defeated Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, Japan) 12-3, Kim (Gangneung) defeated Seungyoun Ha (Chuncheon, South Korea) 6-3 and Homan defeated Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, Japan) 7-6 in an extra end. Homan finished 4-0 in the 16-team round-robin pools qualifying round. In their opening game, Homan defeated Chelsea Carey (Winnipeg) 8-3, then won 6-3 against Black and 7-3 against Stefania Constantini (Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy). Homan won 11-6 against Isabella Wrana (Sundbyberg, Sweden) in their final qualifying round match.
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