Lucy Blair (Stirling, SCO) lost
6-5 to
Corrie Huerlimann (Zug, SUI) in the Final of the WCT Latvia International Challenger, held October 21 - 23, 2022 in Tukums, Latvia. To advance to the championship game, Blair won
6-3 over
Dilsat Yildiz (Erzurum, TUR) in the semifinals of the 2022 WCT Latvia International Challenger in Tukums, Latvia; and won
10-3 over
Eirin Mesloe (Lillehammer, NOR) in the quarterfinals.
Blair finished 2-2 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Blair defeated
Evelina Barone (Riga, LAT) 5-3, then went on to lose
7-2 against
Yildiz. Blair lost
8-7 to
Csilia Halasz (Budapest, HUN) where Blair responded with a
5-2 win over
Virginija Paulauskaite (Vilnius, LTU) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the WCT Latvia International Challenger, Blair take home
11.000 world rankings points along with the $1,081CDN prize, moving up 42 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 87th place overall with
23.177 total points. Blair ranks 76th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
12.500 points earned so far this season.
