Hess Reaches 2018 German Masters Quarters

SKIP
Yves
Hess

Third
Rainer
Kobler

Second
Michael
Mueller

Lead
Fabian
Schmid

Yves Hess (Zug, SUI) qualified for the 2018 German Masters playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 7-2 against Kyle Smith (Perth, SCO).

Hess finished 3-1 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Hess defeated Tom Brewster (Aberdeen, SCO) 6-4, then went on to lose 6-4 against Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA). Hess responded with a 8-5 win over Jiri Snitil (Prague, CZE). Hess won 7-6 against Kristian Lindstroem (Lit, SWE) in their final qualifying round match.

Hess earned 13.624 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the German Masters, moving up 16 spots the World Ranking Standings into 106th place overall with 56.964 total points. Hess ranks 111th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 28.374 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

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