Rantamaki Reaches 2015 German Masters Quarters

SKIP
Tomi
Rantamaki

Third
Pekka
Peura

Second
Jere
Sullanmaa

Lead
Jermu
Poellaenen

Tomi Rantamaki (Hyvinkaa, FIN) qualified for the 2015 German Masters playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 10-2 against Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB). of the 2015 German Masters in Hamburg, Germany;

Rantamaki finished 3-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Rantamaki defeated Alexander Baumann (Fuessen, GER) 6-4, then won 5-4 against Tom Brewster (Aberdeen, UK). Rantamaki went on to lose 7-3 against Peter De Cruz (Geneva, SUI). Rantamaki responded with a 8-7 win over Steffen Walstad (Oslo, NOR) in their final qualifying round match.

Rantamaki earned 4.740 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the German Masters, moving up 34 spots the World Ranking Standings into 102nd place overall with 13.932 total points. Rantamaki ranks 115th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 6.165 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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