Canada’s Rachel Homan stole two points in the eighth end for a 6-4 win over Japan’s Sayaka Yoshimura on Saturday at the AMJ Players’ Championship in Toronto.

Yoshimura needed to make an open draw to the four-foot ring with her final throw but her stone was heavy.

Homan, from Ottawa, was scheduled to play South Korea’s Eun-Jung Kim in the evening semifinal at the Mattamy Athletic Centre.

Sweden’s Anna Hasselborg defeated South Korea’s Seung-Youn Ha 6-3 in the other early playoff game. Hasselborg was set to meet Switzerland’s Silvana Tirinzoni in the other women’s semifinal.

Men’s quarterfinals

Four Canadian teams were featured in the men’s quarterfinals.

Brad Jacobs made a game-winning tap for a pair in an 8-6 win over John Epping. Matt Dunstone defeated Mike McEwen 6-1 in the other game.

Jacobs was scheduled to play top-ranked Bruce Mouat of Scotland in the semifinals while Dunstone was to face Switzerland’s Yannick Schwaller.

The finals at the season-ending Grand Slam of Curling event were set for Sunday.