TORONTO — Winnipeg’s Jennifer Jones scored a single in the final end to defeat Rachel Homan 6-5 and eliminate the Canadian champion in the quarter-finals of the Players’ Championship on Saturday.

Homan tied it up with a deuce in the seventh but Jones held the hammer in the deciding end and advanced to the semifinals.

Watch the men’s and women’s semifinals at 8:30 p.m. AT on Sportsnet East, Ontario, West and Pacific.

The Ottawa rink blanked the first end but Jones stole one in the second.

Homan then tied it up 1-1 with a single in the third. Jones pulled ahead with a double in the fourth but Homan replied with two of her own to square it back up in the fifth.

Jones, a four-time Players’ champion, added another two in the sixth.

Lawton 8, Sidorova 7 (EE) 

Defending Players’ champion Stefanie Lawton scored one in extra ends to defeat Anna Sidorova 8-7 after the Moscow rink rallied from a four-point deficit to send it into overtime.

Lawton picked up a single in the opening end and stole one in the second before Sidorova tied it up with a deuce in the third.

The Saskatoon rink scored a triple in the sixth and led 7-3 but Sidorova bounced back with a double in the seventh and a steal of two in the eighth to tie it up.

Sigfridsson 8, Crocker 3 

Margaretha Sigfridsson scored a triple in the first and doubles in the third and sixth as the Swedish rink beat Edmonton’s Laura Crocker 8-3 in seven ends.

Crocker trailed 5-1 but grabbed a single in the fourth and stole one in the fifth to shorten the gap.

But Sigfridsson remained in control of the match and added a steal of one in the seventh and advanced to the semifinals.

Muirhead 8, Sonnenberg 6

Scotland’s Eve Muirhead scored doubles in the second and fourth ends and added a triple in the sixth as the world champions defeated Renee Sonnenberg’s Grande Prairie, Alta., rink 8-6.

Sonnenberg had a double in the seventh but couldn’t complete the comeback.

Semifinal matchups:  

Jones vs. Sigfridsson

Lawton vs. Muirhead