 Ilya Shalamitski (Minsk, Belarus) wins the Tallinn Mens International Challenger, defeating Tomi Rantamaki (Hyvinkaa, Finland) 6-3 at the Tondiraba Ice Hall in Tallinn, Estonia. Shalamitski with Pavel Petrov at third, Dmitri Rudnitski and Yevgeny Tamkovich on the front end take home the $1,801CDN first place cheque along with 11.792 world ranking points, while Rantamaki receives $1,051CDN and 8.647 world ranking points for their second place finish. The title win by Shalamiski is the first for a team from Belarus on the World Curling Tour. Starting with hammer, Shalamitski scored 2 in the first end, then forced Rantamaki to a single in the second end. After a blank end, Shalamitski scored 2 in the fourth end to extend the lead to 4-1, then forced Rantamaki to a single in the fifth end. Rantamaki added a steal in the sixth end to close the gap but Shalamitski scored two in the 7th end and held on for the 6-3 win. In the semifinals, Shalamitski defeated Jaap van Dorp (Zoetermeer, Netherlands) 6-4 and Rantamaki defeated Wille Makela (Hyvinkaa, Finland) 4-3. van Dorp won $600CDN, while Makela won $300CDN along 6.289 ranking points for their semifinal finishes. In the quarterfinals, Shalamitski defeated Mihhail Vlassov (Tallinn, Estonia) 8-5, Rantamaki defeated Lucien Lottenbach (Luzern, Switzerland) 5-3, while Makela defeated Tadas Vyskupaitis (Vilnius, Lithuania) 10-0. Lottenbach, Vyskupaitis, and Vlassov earned 4.717 ranking points for their quarterfinal finishes. Shalamitski went 3-1 in the 15 team round-robin pools qualifying round. In their opening game, Shalamitski defeated Daniel Poulsen (Hvidovre, Denmark) 11-3, then losing their next game to Makela 8-3, Shalamitski responded with a 7-1 win over Ritvars Gulbis (Riga, Latvia), then won 9-5 against Olaf Bolkenbaas (Zoetermeer, Netherland) in their final qualifying round match. |
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After emerging on the global stage at senior level last month, Katie McMillan is feeling all the more ready for the challenge as she and partner Angus Bryce prepare to represent Scotland at the ACE & Company World Mixed Doubles Championships in Geneva over the next week (April 25 - May 2).
