Brad Jacobs and Bruce Mouat became the first teams to clinch quarterfinal berths at the HearingLife Tour Challenge curling tournament with wins in Thursday's third draw.
Jacobs and his Calgary foursome posted a 7-5 win over Winnipeg's Matt Dunstone while Mouat's rink from Scotland defeated reigning men's world champion Niklas Edin of Sweden 5-4.
Jacobs and Mouat both improved to 3-0 at the triple elimination event, which is kicking off the Grand Slam of Curling season.
In other results from Thursday's third draw, John Shuster eliminated fellow American Korey Dropkin with an 8-3 win, and Scotland's Cameron Bryce ended Reid Carruthers' tournament with a 6-2 win over the Winnipeg skip.
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