Joel Retornaz (Pinerolo, ITA) won
5-2 over
Germany's Sixten Totzek in the Final of the Moscow Classic, held February 4 - 7, 2020 in Moscow, RCF. To advance to the championship game, Retornaz won
8-5 over
Alexey Timofeev (St. Petersburg, RUS) in the semifinals of the 2020 Moscow Classic in Moscow, RCF; and won
5-3 over
Maksim Shibilkin (Moscow, RUS) in the quarterfinals. of the 2020 Moscow Classic in Moscow, RCF;
Retornaz finished 3-0 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Retornaz defeated
Aleksandr Bystrov (Saint-Petersburg, RUS) 8-3, then won
7-2 against
Kirill Surovov (Dmitrov, RUS) and
7-2 against
Shibilkin in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Moscow Classic Championship title, Retornaz earned
10.860 world rankings points along with the $5,316CDN first prize cheque. Retornaz gained -65.233 points improving upon their best 8 events, though dropped 51 spots on the
World Ranking Standings into 89thplace overall with
48.786 total points. Retornaz ranks 32nd overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
117.961 points earned so far this season.
