CHAMPION: Hasselborg Wins 2023 Insitu Players Open

SKIP
Anna
Hasselborg

Third
Sara
McManus

Second
Agnes
Knochenhauer

Lead
Sofia
Mabergs

Anna Hasselborg (Sundbyberg, SWE) won 9-3 over Isabella Wrana (Sundbyberg, SWE) in the Final of the Insitu Players Open, held October 12 - 15, 2023 at the Dundas Valley Golf and Curling Club in Dundas, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Hasselborg won 8-5 over Kaitlyn Lawes (Winnipeg , MB) in the semifinals of the 2023 Insitu Players Open in Dundas, Ontario, Canada; and won 6-5 over Eun ji Gim (Uijeongbu, KOR) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 Insitu Players Open in Dundas, Ontario, Canada;

Hasselborg finished 4-1 in the 25-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Hasselborg defeated Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN) 6-3, then won 9-1 against Hailey Armstrong (Ottawa, ON). Hasselborg went on to lose 6-3 against Ikue Kitazawa (Nagano, JPN). Hasselborg responded with a 8-2 win over Shelley Hardy (Sarnia, ON). Hasselborg won 6-3 against Wrana in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Insitu Players Open Championship title, Hasselborg earned 52.500 world rankings points along with the $20,000CDN first prize cheque. Hasselborg move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 50.25 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 6th overall with 303.125 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Hasselborg ranks 1st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 117.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	60	28	0	0.682	9-5	13-11	7-8	3-0	1-3

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	675	537	396	7.96	5.87	2.09	4.81	3.87	1.65	1.52	1.32

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	311	385	53	47	8-0	28-3	82-4	1.24	0.17	0.45	0.14

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	364	152	343	42	0-4	11-17	26-77	0.42	0.94	0.55	0.29

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