Sven Michel (Adelboden, SUI) won
7-5 over
Switzerland's Peter de Cruz in the Final of the Baden Masters, held August 31 - September 2, 2012 in Baden, Switzerland. To advance to the championship game, Michel won
5-4 over
Rasmus Stjerne (Hvidovre, DEN) in the semifinals of the 2012 Baden Masters in Baden, Switzerland; and won
5-1 over
Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) in the quarterfinals. of the 2012 Baden Masters in Baden, Switzerland;
Michel finished 4-0 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Michel defeated
Thomas Dufour (Chamonix, FRA) 7-3, then won
8-6 against
Thomas Ulsrud (Oslo, NOR) and
7-4 against
Jiri Snitil (Brno, CZE). Michel won
5-3 against
Switzerland's Stefan Haesler in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Baden Masters Championship title, Michel earned
21.000 world rankings points along with the $11,366CDN first prize cheque, moving up 1 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 12th place overall with
108.015 total points. Michel ranks 1st overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
21.000 points earned so far this season.
