“I was pretty set on playing just mixed doubles and taking a little bit of time for myself,” Walker said.“Geoff and I are wanting to start a family. I just wasn’t sure I could give the women’s game 100 per cent any more. I wasn’t prepared to join a team unless I knew I could give them 100 per cent.”
“I think the words that changed it for me was when Taylor said they would support me through anything because they ‘hate that women feel like they have to choose,’"Walker said. Defending champion Chelsea Carey and host Saskatchewan were 1-1. Nunavut, Quebec and New Brunswick all opened 0-2.Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador and the Jennifer Jones wild-card team were knotted at 1-1.Round-robin pool play continues through Wednesday evening. Championship pool play begins Thursday.Walker won a world championship mixed doubles bronze medal in 2018 with Saskatoon’s Kirk Muyres.
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