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.
