Kyle Smith (Perth, SCO) lost
6-1 to
Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) in the Final of the Mercure Perth Masters, held January 8 - 11, 2015 in Perth, Scotland. To advance to the championship game, Smith won
7-5 over
Aku Kauste (Helsinki, FIN) in the semifinals of the 2015 Mercure Perth Masters in Perth, Scotland; and won
6-5 over
Bruce Mouat (Edinburgh, SCO) in the quarterfinals.
Smith finished 4-2 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Smith defeated
Evgeniy Arkhipov (Moscow, RUS) 8-2, then went on to lose
7-4 against
Jialiang Zang (Harbin, CHN). Smith lost
6-5 to
Scotland's Ross McCleary where Smith responded with a
6-1 win over
Stuart Taylor (Forfar, SCO). Smith won
9-1 against
Andrey Drozdov (Moscow, RUS), then won
6-3 against
David Edwards (Aberdeen, SCO) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Mercure Perth Masters, Smith take home
14.665 world rankings points along with the $6,720CDN prize, moving up 19 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 33rd place overall with
49.363 total points. Smith ranks 42nd overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
21.130 points earned so far this season.
