Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) lost
8-7 to
Thomas Ulsrud (Oslo, NOR) in the Final of the Swiss Cup Basel, held October 2 - 5, 2009 in Basel, Switzerland. To advance to the championship game, Edin won
8-5 over
Switzerland's Markus Eggler in the semifinals of the 2009 Swiss Cup Basel in Basel, Switzerland; and won
7-5 over
David Murdoch (Scotland, UK) in the quarterfinals. of the 2009 Swiss Cup Basel in Basel, Switzerland;
Edin finished 5-1 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Edin defeated
Bernhard Werthemann (Zug, SUI) 6-4, then won
7-2 against
Toni Mueller (Baden Regio, SUI) and
9-3 against
Switzerland's Sven Iten. Edin went on to lose
6-2 against
Switzerland's Markus Eggler. Edin responded with a
6-5 win over
Sweden's Per Carlsen. Edin won
6-4 against
Stefan Karnusian (St. Moritz, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Swiss Cup Basel, Edin take home
18.400 world rankings points along with the $9,353CDN prize. For week of the event schedule, Edin did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the
World Ranking Standings with
total points. Edin ranks th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
points earned so far this season.
