Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) won
7-4 over
Peter De Cruz (Geneva, SUI) in the Final of the Mercure Perth Masters, held January 4 - 7, 2018 in Perth, Scotland. To advance to the championship game, Edin won
7-2 over
Thomas Ulsrud (Oslo, NOR) in the semifinals of the 2018 Mercure Perth Masters in Perth, Scotland; and won
8-4 over
Rasmus Stjerne (Hvidovre, DEN) in the quarterfinals.
Edin finished 4-0 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Edin defeated
Jan Hess (Zug, SUI) 11-1, then won
7-6 against
Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN) and
6-5 against
Jiri Snitil (Prague, CZE). Edin won
4-2 against
Ulsrud in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Mercure Perth Masters Championship title, Edin earned
48.166 world rankings points along with the $10,954CDN first prize cheque. Edin move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 46.577 points improving upon their best results so far this season, ranking 1st overall with
911.205 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Edin ranks 1st overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
372.449 points earned so far this season.
