 Marie Turmann/Harri Lill (Tallinn, Estonia) wins the CCT Tallinn Mixed Doubles International, defeating Melanie Barbezat/Matthias Perret (Biel, Switzerland) 9-7. Turmann/Lill take home the $809CDN first place cheque, while Barbezat receives $589CDN and for their second place finish. Starting with hammer, Barbezat/Perret scored 2 in the first end, then added a steal in the second end. Turmann/Lill scored a single in the third end, Barbezat/Perret responded in the fourth end scoring 2 to extend lead to 5-1. Turmann/Lill started the dramatic comeback by scoring 4 in the fifth end, adding a steal of 2 in the sixth end, then another steal of 2 in the seventh end. Barbezat/Perret scored 2 in the eighth end but felll short conceded the game to Turmann/Lill by a score of 9-7. Jenny Perret/Martin Rios (Zurich, Switzerland) finished third, winning $294CDN winning the third place game 7-5 over Oona Kauste/Tomi Rantamaki (Hyvinkaa, Finland), who took home $147CDN for their 4th place finish. In the semifinals, Turmann/Lill defeated Perret/Rios 10-8. while Barbezat/Perret defeated Kauste/Rantamaki 7-3. In the quarterfinals, Turmann/Lill won 7-6 over Miia & Jari Turto (Hittenjarju, Finland), Perret/Rios won 6-2 over Sandrine Morand/Romain Borini (Megeve, France), Kauste/Rantamaki defeated Stephanie Wild/Daniel Gubler (Aarau, Switzerland) 8-4 and Barbezat/Perret defeated Daniela Rupp/Kevin Wunderlin (Zug, Switzerland) 9-7. Turmann/Lill went 3-1 in the 24 team round robin pools qualifying round. In their opening game, Turmann/Lill defeated Kirsten Silcox/Jason Keerak (Revelstoke, Canada) 10-4, losing their next game to Barbezat/Perret 10-5, then responded with a 8-6 win over Dace & Ansis Regza (Riga, LAT). Turmann won against Eszter Juhasz/Markku Uusipaavalniemi (Hyvinkaa, FIN) 8-4 in their final qualifying round match. |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full Scoreboard | Play Fantasy Pick'em! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stefania Constantini and Amos Mosaner (Photo: Stephen Fisher/World Curling) claim Italy's first World Mixed Doubles Championship crown.
-
A quick break for the Memorial Day holiday and we're back with our guest and new USA Curling Womenâs National Team & Juniors Director Jessica Schultz.... (read more) -
I am in week 3 of isolation/quarantine/home schooling and getting a little squirrel-y. Personal hygiene has become optional. The kids have watched the entire... (read more) -
On today's World Curling Report...we recap Day 1 of the 2019 Canada Cup. (read more) -
On this week's podcast we focus on the Canada Cup with past champion Reid Carruthers (04:09), Adam Kingsbury - former coach of Team Homan and Team Jacobs (11:53)... (read more)
-
Host John Cullen travels to Thunder Bay, Ontario, for the Tour Challenge to interview Winnipeg's own Jason Gunnlaugson. Though Gunnlaugson has yet to win a... (read more)