Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI) won
7-3 over
Stefania Constantini (Cortina d'Ampezzo, ITA) in the Final of the Womens Masters Basel, held September 12 - 14 at the Curlingzentrum Region Basel in Arlesheim, Switzerland. To advance to the championship game, Tirinzoni won
9-3 over
Torhild Bjoernstad (Lillehammer, NOR) in the semifinals of the Womens Masters Basel in Arlesheim, Switzerland, Switzerland; and won
10-1 over
Sara Messenzehl (Fuessen, GER) in the quarterfinals. of the Womens Masters Basel in Arlesheim, Switzerland, Switzerland;
Tirinzoni finished 3-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Tirinzoni defeated
Verena Pfluegler (Kitzbuehel, AUT) 9-1, then won
8-1 against
Liisa Turmann (Tallinn, EST) and
7-4 against
Sarah Mueller (Lucerne, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Womens Masters Basel Championship title, Tirinzoni earned
33.000 world rankings points along with the $19,084CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 2nd place overall on the
World Ranking Standings with
427.250 total points. Tirinzoni ranks 9th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
33.000 points earned so far this season.
