SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. — Winnipeg skip Jennifer Jones dropped an 8-3 decision to Switzerland's Binia Feltscher on Wednesday afternoon at the National.

Jones, who's coming off a Canada Cup victory last weekend, gave up three points in the opening end and four more points in the fifth.

Scotland's Eve Muirhead defeated Edmonton's Kelsey Rocque 8-3 and Allison Flaxey of Caledon, Ont., posted a 6-5 win over Tracy Fleury of Sudbury, Ont.

In men's play, reigning Canada Cup champion Reid Carruthers of Winnipeg topped American John Shuster 7-5 and Edmonton's Brendan Bottcher beat Saskatoon's Steve Laycock 7-4.

In the morning games, Sweden's Anna Hasselborg beat South Korea's EunJung Kim 5-2, Switzerland's Silvana Tirinzoni dumped Winnipeg's Kerri Einarson 7-1 and Ottawa's Rachel Homan trounced Calgary's Chelsea Carey 8-3.

Switzerland's Peter De Cruz topped Scotland's David Murdoch 6-1 in the early men's game. Two more round-robin draws were scheduled for later Wednesday at the Essar Centre.

The playoffs begin Saturday and the finals are set for Sunday at the $250,000 event.