 Anna Sidorova (Moscow, Russia) wins the International Bernese Ladies Cup, defeating Yilun Jiang (Harbin, CHN) 7-3 at Curling Bern in Bern, Switzerland. Sidorova with Margarita Fomina at third, Aleksandra Raeva and Nkeiruka Ezekh on the front end take home the $8,086CDN first place cheque along with 36.968 world ranking points, while Jiang receives $5,391CDN and 27.110 world ranking points for their second place finish. Sidorova opened the scoring stealing 3 in the first end, then added another steal in the second end for the 4-0 lead. After a blank end, Jiang scored a single the fourth end, then forced Sidorova to a single in the fifth end. Jiang scored 2 in the sixth end, with Sidorova responding in the seventh end scoring 2 for the 7-3 win. In the semifinals, Sidorova defeated Daniela Jentsch (Fuessen, Germany) 6-4 and Jiang defeated Min Ji Kim (Chuncheon City, Korea) 6-3. Jentsch and Kim earned $2,695CDN and 20.949 ranking points for their semifinal finishes. In the quarterfinals, Sidorova defeated Ursi Hegner (Uzwil, Switzerland) 8-5, Jiang defeated Binia Feltscher (Switzerland, Switzerland) 6-5, while Kim defeated Alina Kovaleva (Saint Petersburg, Russia) 8-5 and Jentsch defeated Andrea Schoepp (Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany) 5-4. Kovaleva, Feltscher, Hegner and Schoepp earned $1,685CDN along with 14.787 ranking points for their quarterfinal finishes. Sidorova went 5-2 in the 24 team triple knockout qualifying round. In their opening game, Sidorova defeated Nora Wuest (Wetzikon, Switzerland) 7-4, losing their next game to Jentsch 9-5 dropping into the B-event where they responded with a 6-2 win over Anna Kubeskova (Prague, Czech Republic). Sidorova dropped into the C-event with a 6-4 loss to Hegner but responded with an 8-4 win over Yu Han (Beijing, China) and wins over Tori Koana (Yamanashi, Japan) 7-6 and Sophie Jackson (Stirling, Scotland) 8-3 to reach the playoff round. |
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[EDEN PRAIRIE, MN, April 23, 2026] -- THE ACE & Company World Senior Men's & Women's Curling Championships, open to curlers 50 years of age and older, gets underway today in Geneva, Switzerland, with the United States represented by two teams with extensive experience in the event.
