Truksans2-3 at 2023 Swiss Cup Basel

Riga, Latvia

SKIP
Martins
Truksans

Third
Janis
Klive

Second
Aivars
Avotins

Lead
Sandris
Buholcs

Games:	5
Record:	2W - 3L
PF/G:	6.47
PA/G:	6.76
Hammer Efficiency:	0.29
Steal Defense:	0.41
Force Efficiency:	0.44
Steal Efficiency:	0.29

Martins Truksans (Riga, LAT) finished 2-3 in the 21-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Truksans lost 6-4 to Benny Kapp (Fuessen, GER), then responded with a 6-4 win over Lars Brauchli (Wildhaus, SUI). Truksans went on to lose 6-5 against Marco Hoesli (Glarus, SUI). Truksans responded with a 6-0 win over Eddy Mercier (Megeve, FRA). Truksans went on to lose 7-1 against Cameron Bryce (Border, SCO) in their final qualifying round match.

Truksans earned 3.750 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 7 spots the World Ranking Standings into 120th place overall with 24.735 total points. Truksans ranks 140th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 6.688 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	12	13	0	0.480	1-2	0-2	0-1	0-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	198	157	143	7.93	7.22	0.71	4.90	4.44	1.62	1.63	0.66

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	100	106	42	5	2-0	8-2	21-6	1.06	0.42	0.33	0.32

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	98	51	101	8	3-3	0-8	7-18	0.52	1.03	0.48	0.35

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