Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI) won
8-3 over
Isabella Wrana (Sundbyberg, SWE) in the Final To advance to the championship game, Tirinzoni won
6-4 over
Irene Schori (Limmattal, SUI) in the semifinals of the 2019 Womens Masters Basel in Arlesheim, Switzerland, Switzerland; and won
8-4 over
Corrie Huerlimann (Zug, SUI) in the quarterfinals.
Tirinzoni finished 3-0 in the 16 team
Womens Masters Basel qualifying round, held October 11 - 13, 2019 at the Curlingzentrum Region Basel in Arlesheim, Switzerland. In their opening game, Tirinzoni defeated
Zuzana Paulova (Czech Republic) 10-2, then won
7-3 against
Sophie Jackson (Dumfries, SCO) and
10-4 against
Selina Witschonke (Luzern, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Womens Masters Basel Championship title, Tirinzoni earned
42.329 world rankings points along with the $13,877CDN first prize cheque. Tirinzoni gained 12.933 points improving upon their best 3 events, though dropped 1 spots on the
World Ranking Standings into 3rdplace overall with
545.747 total points. Tirinzoni ranks 4th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
117.766 points earned so far this season.
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