Anna Hasselborg (Sundbyberg, SWE) won
7-3 over
Jennifer Jones (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final To advance to the championship game, Hasselborg won
5-4 over
Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN) in the semifinals of the 2019 Boost National in Conception Bay South, Newfoundland / Labrador; and won
9-2 over
Chelsea Carey (Calgary, AB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 Boost National in Conception Bay South, Newfoundland / Labrador;
Hasselborg finished 3-1 in the 15 team
Boost National qualifying round, held December 10 - 15, 2019 in , . In their opening game, Hasselborg defeated
Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN) 6-2, then went on to lose
5-3 against
Elena Stern (Oberwallis, SUI). Hasselborg responded with a
4-3 win over
Robyn Silvernagle (North Battleford, SK). Hasselborg won
6-2 against
Rachel Homan (Ottawa, ON) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Boost National Championship title, Hasselborg earned
89.033 world rankings points along with the $35,000CDN first prize cheque. Hasselborg move up 3 spots after posting a net gain of 40.412 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 1st overall with
556.453 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Hasselborg ranks 2nd overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
361.969 points earned so far this season.
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