Martins Truksans (Riga, LAT) lost
7-3 to
Jermu Pollanen (Hyvinkaa, FIN) in the Final To advance to the championship game, Truksans won
5-3 over
Mikkel Krause (Hvidovre, DEN) in the semifinals of the 2019 Tallinn Mens International Challenger in Tallinn, Estonia; and won
9-4 over
Lucien Lottenbach (Zug, SUI) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 Tallinn Mens International Challenger in Tallinn, Estonia;
Truksans finished 3-1 in the 15 team
Tallinn Mens International Challenger qualifying round, held September 27 - 29, 2019 in , . In their opening game, Truksans lost
8-2 to
Pollanen, then responded with a
7-4 win over
Martin Bukovsky (Prague, CZE). Truksans won
6-5 against
Andrin Schnider (St. Gallen, SUI), then won
10-4 against
Harri Lill (Tallinn, EST) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Tallinn Mens International Challenger, Truksans take home
10.276 world rankings points along with the $1,304CDN prize, moving up 167 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 203rd place overall with
12.574 total points. Truksans ranks 79th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
10.276 points earned so far this season.
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