Smilga

SKIP
Karlis
Smilga

Third
Janis
Vonda

Second
Dzintars
Berzins

Lead
Didzis
Petersons

Karlis Smilga (Jelgava, LAT) needed tiebreakers to advance to the playoffs, Smilga finished 0-3 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Smilga lost 9-8 to Ritvars Gulbis (Riga, LAT), droppimg another game, 9-5 to Kriss Vonda (Riga, LAT). Smilga lost 9-2 to Tobias Thune (Hvidovre, DEN) in their final qualifying round match.

Smilga earned 0.759 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. Smilga move up 49 spots after posting a net gain of 0.508 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 437th overall with 1.262 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Smilga ranks 429th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.759 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

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