Mueller Reaches 2018 Latvia International Challenger Semifinals

Aarau, Switzerland

SKIP
Michael
Mueller

Third
Marc
Wagenseil

Second
Mike
Laub

Lead
Christian
Heinimann

Games:	7
Record:	5W - 2L
PF/G:	7.27
PA/G:	6.18
Hammer Efficiency:	0.27
Steal Defense:	0.30
Force Efficiency:	0.63
Steal Efficiency:	0.36

Michael Mueller (Aarau, SUI) run at the 2018 Latvia International Challenger came to an end in the semifinals with a 8-3 loss to Wille Makela (Hyvinkaa, FIN). of the 2018 Latvia International Challenger in Tukums, Latvia; Mueller advanced through the quarterfinals with a 7-6 win over Tadas Vyskupaitis (Vilnius, LTU).

Mueller finished 4-0 in the 13-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Mueller defeated Janis Redlihs (Riga, LAT) 9-5, then won 7-3 against Kriss Vonda (Riga, LAT) and 6-3 against Harri Lill (Tallinn, EST). Mueller won 3-2 against Borys Jasiecki (Sopot, POL) in their final qualifying round match.

Mueller earned 5.212 world rankings points for their Top 4 finish in the Latvia International Challenger, moving up 29 spots the World Ranking Standings into 155th place overall with 18.732 total points. Mueller ranks 148th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 7.408 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

2022: Martins Truksans
Martins Truksans, Janis Klive, Arnis Veidemanis, Sandris Buholcs
Riga, LAT
2021: Cameron Bryce
Cameron Bryce, Callum Kinnear, Mark Taylor, Robin McCall
Stirling, SCO
2019: Daniel Magnusson
Daniel Magnusson, Robin Ahlberg, Anton Regosa, Sebastian Jones
Karlstad, SWE
2018: Wille Makela
Wille Makela, Kalle Kiiskinen, Teemu Salo, Paavo Kuosmanen
Hyvinkaa, FIN
2017: Rasmus Stjerne
Rasmus Stjerne, Johnny Frederiksen, Mikkel Poulsen, Oliver Dupont
Hvidovre, DEN

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