Truksans Finishes Fourth at 2023 Men Prague Open

SKIP
Martins
Truksans

Third
Janis
Klive

Second
Aivars
Avotins

Lead
Sandris
Buholcs

Martins Truksans (Riga, LAT) lost 6-3 to Lukas Klima (Prague, CZE) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2023 Men Prague Open in Prague, Czechia. of the 2023 Men Prague Open in Prague, Czechia; Martins Truksans (Riga, LAT) lost 6-3 to Lukas Klima (Prague, CZE) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2023 Men Prague Open in Prague, Czechia. After receiving a bye through the quarterfinals, Truksans lost 7-5 to Fabio Ribotta (Pinerolo, ITA) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game. of the 2023 Men Prague Open in Prague, Czechia; of the 2023 Men Prague Open in Prague, Czechia;

Truksans finished 3-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Truksans defeated Vitek Chabicovsky (Prague, CZE) 7-2, then went on to lose 7-5 against Rob Retchless (Preston, ENG). Truksans responded with a 13-2 win over Giacomo Colli (Cortina dâAmpezzo, ITA). Truksans won 7-3 against Klima in their final qualifying round match.

With their fourth place finish at the Men Prague Open, Truksans take home 2.000 world rankings points along with 433CDN, moving up 4 spots the World Ranking Standings into 115th place overall with 24.594 total points. Truksans ranks 145th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 2.938 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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