Aitken Runner-Up at 2021 Saint Petersburg Classic

SKIP
Gina
Aitken

Third
Vicky
Wright

Second
Jennifer
Dodds

Lead
Hailey
Duff

Gina Aitken (Stirling, UK) lost 9-5 to Alina Kovaleva (Saint-Petersburg, RUS) in the Final of the Saint Petersburg Classic, held September 7 - 12, 2021 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. To advance to the championship game, Aitken won 5-2 over Eve Muirhead (Stirling, UK) in the semifinals of the 2021 Saint Petersburg Classic in Saint Petersburg, Russia; and won 7-1 over Corrie Huerlimann (Zug, SUI) in the quarterfinals. of the 2021 Saint Petersburg Classic in Saint Petersburg, Russia;

Aitken finished 4-0 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Aitken defeated Elena Mathis (St. Moritz, SUI) 7-4, then won 6-4 against Elizaveta Trukhina (Irkutsk, RUS) and 11-1 against Linara Burganova (Saint-Petersburg, RUS). Aitken won 8-5 against Anastasia Babarykina (Saint-Petersburg, RUS) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Saint Petersburg Classic, Aitken take home 22.367 world rankings points along with the $2,547CDN prize. For week 7 of the event schedule, Aitken did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Aitken ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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

Sudbury's Jake and Tanner Horgan will ply their trade elsewhere next season as John Epping and Ian MacMillan explore options for the future.

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