Joel Retornaz (Cembra, ITA) finished 5-7 in the 13-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Retornaz lost
7-6 to
Korey Dropkin (Duluth, USA), then responded with a
9-2 win over
Hyojun Kim (Uiseong, KOR). Retornaz went on to lose
9-4 against
Xiao Ming Xu (BEI JING, CHN). Retornaz responded with a
7-5 win over
Lukas Klima (Prague, CZE). Retornaz went on to lose
9-8 against
Magnus Ramsfjell (Trondheim, NOR). Retornaz lost
9-7 to
Bruce Mouat (Stirling, SCO). Retornaz lost
4-2 to
Brad Jacobs (Edmonton, CAN) where Retornaz responded with a
8-2 win over
Mathias Genner (Kitzbuehel, AUT). Retornaz went on to lose
8-3 against
Yannick Schwaller (Geneve, SUI). Retornaz responded with a
9-3 win over
Marc Muskatewitz (Fuessen, GER). Retornaz won
10-8 against
Niklas Edin (Karlstad , SWE). Retornaz went on to lose
9-7 against
Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (Karuizawa, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.
Retornaz earned
20.625 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. Retornaz move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 5.625 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 11th overall with
216.000 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Retornaz ranks 11th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
216.000 points earned so far this season.
