Baumann Reaches 2018 German Masters Semifinals

SKIP
Alexander
Baumann

Third
Manuel
Walter

Second
Ryan
Sherrard

Lead
Sebastian
Schweizer

Alexander Baumann (Baden-Baden, GER) run at the 2018 German Masters came to an end in the semifinals with a 6-1 loss to Kyle Smith (Perth, SCO). of the 2018 German Masters in Hamburg, Germany; Baumann advanced through the quarterfinals with a 8-7 win over Steffen Walstad (Oppdal, NOR). of the 2018 German Masters in Hamburg, Germany;

Baumann finished 4-0 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Baumann defeated Patric Mabergs (Skelleftea, SWE) 5-4, then won 6-3 against Jaap van Dorp (Zoetermeer, NED) and 6-5 against Cameron Bryce (Stirling, SCO). Baumann won 5-2 against Marc Pfister (Adelboden, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.

Baumann earned 19.300 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the German Masters, moving up 4 spots the World Ranking Standings into 55th place overall with 131.684 total points. Baumann ranks 50th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 73.338 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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