CHAMPION: Hoesli Wins 2021 Tallinn Mens International Challenger

Glarus, Switzerland

SKIP
Marco
Hoesli

Third
Philipp
Hoesli

Second
Marco
Hefti

Lead
Justin
Hausherr

Games:	7
Record:	7W - 0L
PF/G:	12.22
PA/G:	5.33
Hammer Efficiency:	0.52
Steal Defense:	0.19
Force Efficiency:	0.80
Steal Efficiency:	0.29

Marco Hoesli (Glarus, SUI) won 9-1 over Kalle Kiiskinen (Hyvinkaa, FIN) in the Final of the Tallinn Mens International Challenger, held September 23 - 26, 2021 in Tallinn, Estonia. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Hoesli won 6-1 over Bjorn Jungen (Bern, SUI) to advance to the championship game. of the 2021 Tallinn Mens International Challenger in Tallinn, Estonia;

Hoesli finished 5-0 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Hoesli defeated Daniel Magnusson (Karlstad, SWE) 8-3, then won 10-5 against Martins Truksans (Riga, LAT) and 8-7 against James Craik (Stirling, SCO). Hoesli won 8-4 against Benny Kapp (Fuessen, GER), then won 6-3 against Eduard Veltsman (Tallinn, EST) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Tallinn Mens International Challenger Championship title, Hoesli earned 19.602 world rankings points along with the $1,779CDN first prize cheque, moving up 43 spots the World Ranking Standings into 61st place overall with 37.241 total points. Hoesli ranks 20th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 19.602 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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