Peter De Cruz (Geneva, SUI) lost
7-4 to
Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) in the Final of the Mercure Perth Masters, held January 4 - 7, 2018 in Perth, Scotland. To advance to the championship game, De Cruz won
7-3 over
Alexander Baumann (Baden-Baden, GER) in the semifinals of the 2018 Mercure Perth Masters in Perth, Scotland; and won
6-3 over
Kyle Smith (Perth, SCO) in the quarterfinals. of the 2018 Mercure Perth Masters in Perth, Scotland;
De Cruz finished 4-0 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, De Cruz defeated
Karel Kubeska (Prague, CZE) 9-3, then won
6-1 against
Greg Drummond (Stirling, SCO) and
8-7 against
Smith. De Cruz won
6-4 against
Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Mercure Perth Masters, De Cruz take home
37.845 world rankings points along with the $6,741CDN prize, remaining in 7th place overall on the
World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 25.639 after improving upon their best so far this season. De Cruz ranks 5th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
266.116 points earned so far this season.
