Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) lost
7-2 to
Thomas Ulsrud (oslo, NOR) in the Final of the Mercure Perth Masters, held January 3 - 6, 2013 in Perth, Scotland. To advance to the championship game, McEwen won
6-5 over
Ewan MacDonald (Perth, SCO) in the semifinals of the 2013 Mercure Perth Masters in Perth, Scotland; and won
7-3 over
Rui Liu (Harbin, CHN) in the quarterfinals. of the 2013 Mercure Perth Masters in Perth, Scotland;
McEwen finished 4-0 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, McEwen defeated
Murray Young (Perth, SCO) 8-1, then won
7-4 against
Mario Freiberger (Zug, SUI) and
5-4 against
Warwick Smith (Perth, SCO). McEwen won
8-1 against
Switzerland's Pascal Hess in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Mercure Perth Masters, McEwen take home
19.260 world rankings points along with the $5,861CDN prize, remaining in 2nd place overall on the
World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 14.26 after improving upon their best so far this season. McEwen ranks 3rd overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
163.560 points earned so far this season.
