Iveta Stasa-Sarsune (Riga, LAT) lost
8-6 to
Maia Ramsfjell (Lillehammer, NOR) in the Final of the Latvia International Challenger, held October 24 - 27, 2019 in Tukums, Latvia. To advance to the championship game, Stasa-Sarsune won
5-3 over
Amy MacDonald (Stirling, SCO) in the semifinals of the 2019 Latvia International Challenger in Tukums, Latvia; and won
9-4 over
Ieva Rudzite (Riga, LAT) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 Latvia International Challenger in Tukums, Latvia;
Stasa-Sarsune finished 3-1 in the 13-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Stasa-Sarsune defeated
Natalia Sverzhinskaya (Minsk, BLR) 10-2, then won
7-1 against
Anastasia Babarykina (Saint Petersburg, RUS). Stasa-Sarsune went on to lose
7-6 against
Virginija Paulauskaite (Vilnius, LTU). Stasa-Sarsune responded with a
9-1 win over
Lisa Farnell (Kent, ENG) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Latvia International Challenger, Stasa-Sarsune take home
9.390 world rankings points along with the $1,158CDN prize, moving up 15 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 113th place overall with
27.733 total points. Stasa-Sarsune ranks 109th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
9.390 points earned so far this season.
