Un-Chi Gim (Gyeonggido, KOR) won
5-4 over
Megan Balsdon (Woodstock, ON) in the Final To advance to the championship game, Gim won
7-4 over
Jestyn Murphy (Mississauga, ON) in the semifinals of the 2019 KW Fall Classic in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada; and won
6-5 over
Kira Brunton (Sudbury, NONT) in the quarterfinals.
Gim finished 4-0 in the 20 team
KW Fall Classic qualifying round, held September 19 - 22, 2019 at the K-W Granite Club in Waterloo, Canada. In their opening game, Gim defeated
Susan Froud (Stroud, ON) 5-4, then won
6-3 against
Jacqueline Harrison (Dundas, ON) and
7-2 against
Murphy. Gim won
8-0 against
Mackenzie Kiemele (Kitchener-Waterloo, ON) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the KW Fall Classic Championship title, Gim earned
37.672 world rankings points along with the $3,000CDN first prize cheque. For week 9 of the event schedule, Gim did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 228th place on the
World Ranking Standings with
2.011 total points. Gim ranks 94th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
2.011 points earned so far this season.
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