Margaretha Sigfridsson (Skelleftea, SWE) lost
8-5 to
Eve Muirhead (Stirling, SCO) in the Final of the Players' Championship, held April 16 - 21, 2013 in Toronto, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, Sigfridsson won
8-4 over
Jennifer Jones (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals of the 2013 Players' Championship in Toronto, Ontario; and won
8-3 over
Laura Walker (Edmonton, AB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2013 Players' Championship in Toronto, Ontario;
Sigfridsson finished 3-1 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Sigfridsson defeated
Jones 5-4, then won
5-4 against
Walker and
7-5 against
Sherry Middaugh (Coldwater, ON). Sigfridsson went on to lose
8-5 against
Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Players' Championship, Sigfridsson take home
30.000 world rankings points along with the $15,500CDN prize, moving up 3 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 5th place overall with
273.365 total points. Sigfridsson ranks 6th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
148.150 points earned so far this season.
