Canada's Jacobs thumps South Korea's Kim 9-3 at world men's curling playdowns

Canada's Brad Jacobs beat South Korea's Hyojun Kim 9-3 to remain unbeaten at the BKT World Men's Curling Championship.

Jacobs opened with a three-ender and never trailed in the eight-end victory.

The Calgary-based team, which includes vice Marc Kennedy, second Brett Gallant and lead Ben Hebert, has won its first three round-robin games.

Canada will return to the ice Monday afternoon against top-ranked Bruce Mouat of Scotland.

Round-robin play continues through Friday night ahead of the weekend playoffs.

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