Martins Truksans (Riga, LAT) won
9-3 over
Eduard Veltsman (Tallinn, EST) in the Final of the WCT Latvia International Challenger, held October 21 - 23, 2022 in Tukums, Latvia. To advance to the championship game, Truksans won
7-4 over
Mathias Genner (Kitzbuehel, AUT) in the semifinals of the 2022 WCT Latvia International Challenger in Tukums, Latvia; and won
5-2 over
Ritvars Gulbis (Riga, LAT) in the quarterfinals. of the 2022 WCT Latvia International Challenger in Tukums, Latvia;
Truksans finished 4-0 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Truksans defeated
Sebastiaan Dalle (Zemst, BEL) 11-3, then won
8-6 against
Mykhailo Pleskanka (Kyiv, UKR) and
8-4 against
Axel Landelius (Mjölby, SWE). Truksans won
9-1 against
Kristaps Zass (Riga, LAT) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the WCT Latvia International Challenger Championship title, Truksans earned
11.250 world rankings points along with the $1,892CDN first prize cheque. For week 12 of the event schedule, Truksans did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the
World Ranking Standings with
total points. Truksans ranks th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
points earned so far this season.
