Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA) won
4-3 over
Brendan Bottcher (Calgary, AB) in the Final of the HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 1, held October 17 - 22, 2023 in Niagara Falls, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, Retornaz won
6-3 over
Ross Whyte (Stirling, SCO) in the semifinals of the 2023 HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 1 in Niagara Falls, Ontario; and won
6-2 over
Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) in the quarterfinals.
Retornaz finished 3-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Retornaz defeated
Riku Yanagisawa (Karuizawa, JPN) 5-4, then won
4-2 against
Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB) and
8-2 against
Edin. Retornaz went on to lose
6-4 against
Bruce Mouat (STIRLING, SCO) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 1 Championship title, Retornaz earned
75.000 world rankings points along with the $32,000CDN first prize cheque. Retornaz move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 31.032 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 2nd overall with
388.469 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Retornaz ranks 2nd overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
168.625 points earned so far this season.
