Margaretha Sigfridsson (Skelleftea, SWE) lost
8-6 to
Eve Muirhead (Perth, SCO) in the Final of the Womens Masters Basel, held October 7 - 9, 2016 in Basel, Switzerland. To advance to the championship game, Sigfridsson won
6-0 over
EunJung Kim (Uiseong, KOR) in the semifinals of the 2016 Womens Masters Basel in Basel, Switzerland; and won
12-5 over
Andrea Schoepp (Garmisch, GER) in the quarterfinals. of the 2016 Womens Masters Basel in Basel, Switzerland;
Sigfridsson finished 4-2 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Sigfridsson defeated
Oona Kauste (Hyvinkaa, FIN) 9-3, then went on to lose
7-6 against
Kim. Sigfridsson responded with a
7-4 win over
Anna Hasselborg (Sundbyberg, SWE). Sigfridsson won
7-4 against
Ayumi Ogasawara (Sapporo, Hokkaido, JPN). Sigfridsson went on to lose
5-2 against
Hannah Fleming (Lockerbie, SCO). Sigfridsson responded with a
7-6 win over
Isabella Wrana (Sundbyberg, SWE) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Womens Masters Basel, Sigfridsson take home
44.531 world rankings points along with the $9,384CDN prize, moving up 3 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 16th place overall with
238.948 total points. Sigfridsson ranks 7th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
96.408 points earned so far this season.
