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The Spanish left-hander has played through the injury since it cropped up late last season, while Wozniacki required treatment during the deciding set of her quarter-final loss at the Sydney International on Wednesday.WINNIPEG - Being a skip at the Tim Hortons Brier can be stressful enough without a whole province looking over your shoulder. Every time Pat Simmons calls a shot, each time he settles into the hack to deliver a stone this week, the Saskatchewan skip knows a province will be ready to second guess. It just comes with the territory, the Moose Jaw chiropractor said with a shrug Friday. (Catch TSNs coverage starting Saturday at 3pm et/Noon pt) Simmons and his rink from the Davidson Curling Club will be looking to end a long drought when this years Brier begins Saturday. The last Saskatchewan skip to win the Canadian mens curling championship was Saskatoons Rick Folk in 1980. Coming from a province which has produced curling legends like Ernie Richardson and Garnet Campbell, Simmons is well aware of the expectations being heaped on his rink. You have to think about it because everyone tells you about it, he smiled. Its not going to affect what we are doing. Everyone talks about (how Saskatchewan) hasnt won for years. That could give you more pressure if you allow it too. It doesnt bother us. Were just going to do our best and see what happens. This will be Simmons fourth consecutive trip to the Brier as a skip. His victory in the provincial championships last month equalled Bob Pickerings mark of four Saskatchewan titles from 1968-71. Last year in Hamilton, Simmons finished with a 7-4 record. It was an improvement from his 5-6 record in 2006 in Regina but still wasnt good enough to earn him his first playoff berth. Simmons finished 6-5 in his first Brier appearance in 2005 in Edmonton. Other than drawing from the experience we dont look back at the past, he said. This is a brand new year again. We hope we are better. Were doing everything we can to improve and hopefully that will show up in the results. Simmons and his rink of Jeff Sharp, Gerry Adam and Steve Laycock open the Brier against Olympic gold medallist Brad Gushue of Newfoundland & Labrador on Saturday morning. Their next game will be Sunday morning against Peter Gallant of P.E.I. Adam will be making his third trip to the nationals after playing for Gerald Shymko in 1999 and Simmons last year. Laycock is the 2003 Canadian and world junior champion. The rink ccomes into this Brier more confident in itself, said Simmons. Jeremy Lin Jerseys. We are more prepared, he said. We do smaller things better. We are better mentally. From an experience standpoint, hopefully Im a better skip. We have better routines set up before games, after games and during games. Our weights are a little more precise than they used to be. We play a little different game strategy than we used to. In other games in Saturdays opening draw, defending Brier and world champion Glenn Howard of Ontario will play Bob Ursel of B.C., hometown favourite Kerry Burtnyk of Winnipeg will face Chad Cowan of the Territories and Gallant will battle Eric Harnden of Northern Ontario. John Morris, the third for Kevin Martins Alberta rink, said he will play despite some pain from the little finger on his right hand which he broke coming to the aid of a fellow firefighter in a fight outside a bar in Airdrie. Its slightly affecting my sweeping, said Morris. Its a sport. You have to suck it up and get through it. I have to help the team as much as I can. I would feel terrible if I wasnt able to play up to my full potential here. Im ready to go. Martin, a two-time Brier winner, said a good start is essential. The key here is to be consistent the first few games and then try and peak at the end, he said. Thats the goal. Thats the process. Well see if it all pans out. For Ursel, this years Brier is a homecoming. The Winnipeg native represented Manitoba when he won the Canadian junior title in 1984, then the world junior title in 1985. Just making the playoffs will be a battle this year, said Ursel, the Kelowna skip who has third Jim Cotter throw final rocks. Its a tough field, he said. We have to try and play consistent throughout the week, stay in the hunt and see how it goes. I think the goal for us right now is to try and get into the playoffs and take it from there. Gushue, who lost last years final to Howard, said skipping in his fifth Brier is different than past appearances. Were coming in with a little bit more of a target on our back, being considered one of the teams that could win this thing, he said. Ultimately it comes down to how you play. 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