Binia Feltscher (Flims, SUI) won
8-1 over
Heather Nedohin (Edmonton, AB) in the Final of the Glynhill Ladies International, held January 18 - 20, 2013 in Glasgow, Scotland.
Feltscher finished 3-2 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Feltscher lost
7-5 to
Eve Muirhead (Stirling, SCO), droppimg another game,
8-5 to
Bingyu Wang (Harbin, CHN) where Feltscher responded with a
9-2 win over
Iveta Stasa-Sarsune (Jelgava, LAT). Feltscher won
4-3 against
Zuzana Hajkova (Praha, CZE), then won
6-3 against
Olga Zharkova (Kaliningrad, RUS) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Glynhill Ladies International Championship title, Feltscher earned
26.950 world rankings points along with the $3,956CDN first prize cheque, moving up 4 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 20th place overall with
94.488 total points. Feltscher ranks 19th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
55.835 points earned so far this season.
