Kerri Einarson (Winnipeg, MB) won
5-4 over
Anna Hasselborg (Sundbyberg, SWE) in the Final of the Players' Championship, held April 9 - 14, 2019 in Toronto, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, Einarson won
7-4 over
Robyn Silvernagle (North Battleford, SK) in the semifinals of the 2019 Players' Championship in Toronto, Ontario; and won
6-4 over
Tracy Fleury (East St. Paul, MB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 Players' Championship in Toronto, Ontario;
Einarson finished 2-3 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Einarson defeated
Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN) 6-4, then went on to lose
5-2 against
Hasselborg. Einarson lost
6-4 to
Chelsea Carey (Edmotnon, AB). Einarson lost
5-4 to
Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN) where Einarson responded with a
7-2 win over
Casey Scheidegger (Lethbridge, AB) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Players' Championship Championship title, Einarson earned
84.279 world rankings points along with the $30,000CDN first prize cheque. Einarson move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 58.786 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 3rd overall with
472.248 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Einarson ranks 3rd overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
472.248 points earned so far this season.
