CHAMPION: De Cruz Wins 2021 Swiss Cup Basel

Geneve, Switzerland

Fourth
Benoit
Schwarz van-Berkel

Third
Sven
Michel

SKIP
Peter
De Cruz

Lead
Valentin
Tanner

Games:	8
Record:	7W - 1L
PF/G:	8.89
PA/G:	6.11
Hammer Efficiency:	0.32
Steal Defense:	0.20
Force Efficiency:	0.63
Steal Efficiency:	0.29

Peter De Cruz (Geneve, SUI) won 7-5 over Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) in the Final of the Swiss Cup Basel, held October 8 - 10, 2021 in Basel, Switzerland. To advance to the championship game, De Cruz won 6-1 over Yannick Schwaller (Bern, SUI) in the semifinals of the 2021 Swiss Cup Basel in Basel, Switzerland; and won 9-8 over Bruce Mouat (Stirling, SCO) in the quarterfinals. of the 2021 Swiss Cup Basel in Basel, Switzerland;

De Cruz finished 4-1 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, De Cruz lost 7-4 to Mattia Giovanella (Trentino, ITA), then responded with a 7-5 win over Christian Heinimann (Basel, SUI). De Cruz won 6-1 against Andrin Schnider (Schauffhausen, SUI), then won 5-4 against Sixten Totzek (Munich, GER) and 4-2 against Steffen Walstad (Oslo, NOR) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Swiss Cup Basel Championship title, De Cruz earned 51.200 world rankings points along with the $12,045CDN first prize cheque, moving up 5 spots the World Ranking Standings into 6th place overall with 210.944 total points. De Cruz ranks 5th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 66.376 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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