The stars will always be stars.

With everyone getting back into the swing of things at the first Grand Slam of Curling event of the year, it’s no surprise it took a few days for some teams to get rolling. Thursday showed the first true glimmer of excellence that fans will come to expect all season.

Just take a look at the defending AMJ Masters champions, Scotland’s Team Ross Whyte, and how dominant they were on Thursday.

Thursday’s results (Full scores and standings)

Draw 9 Wang 7, Tabata 6 (SO) Retornaz 8, Xu 3 Ramsfjell 5, Dropkin 3 Black 7, Ha 6 (SO)

Draw 10 Wrana 7, Skrlik 5 Y. Schwaller 5, Gushue 4 Mouat 7, Muskatewitz 6 (SO) Constantini 7, X. Schwaller 2

Draw 11 Tirinzoni 8, Fujisawa 3 Homan 7, Yoshimura 3 Edin 6, Hoesli 4 Hasselborg 7, Einarson 3

Draw 12 Epping 6, Kleiter 3 W

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