Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI) lost
4-3 to
Rachel Homan (Ottawa, ON) in the Final of the Meridian Canadian Open, held January 8 - 13, 2019 in North Battleford, Saskatchewan. To advance to the championship game, Tirinzoni won
8-4 over
Eve Muirhead (Stirling, SCO) in the semifinals of the 2019 Meridian Canadian Open in North Battleford, Saskatchewan; and won
6-1 over
Robyn Silvernagle (North Battleford, SK) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 Meridian Canadian Open in North Battleford, Saskatchewan;
Tirinzoni finished 3-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Tirinzoni lost
8-3 to
Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN), then responded with a
6-4 win over
Isabella Wrana (Stockholm, SWE). Tirinzoni won
5-4 against
Anna Hasselborg (Sundbyberg, SWE). Tirinzoni went on to lose
8-4 against
Silvernagle. Tirinzoni responded with a
6-0 win over
Jennifer Jones (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Meridian Canadian Open, Tirinzoni take home
66.361 world rankings points along with the $18,000CDN prize, remaining in 5th place overall on the
World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 15.981 after improving upon their best so far this season. Tirinzoni ranks 4th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
357.881 points earned so far this season.
