CHAMPION: Retornaz Wins 2020 Moscow Classic

SKIP
Joel
Retornaz

Third
Amos
Mosaner

Second
Sebastiano
Arman

Lead
Simone
Gonin

Joel Retornaz (Pinerolo, ITA) won 5-2 over Germany's Sixten Totzek in the Final of the Moscow Classic, held February 4 - 7, 2020 in Moscow, RCF. To advance to the championship game, Retornaz won 8-5 over Alexey Timofeev (St. Petersburg, RUS) in the semifinals of the 2020 Moscow Classic in Moscow, RCF; and won 5-3 over Maksim Shibilkin (Moscow, RUS) in the quarterfinals. of the 2020 Moscow Classic in Moscow, RCF;

Retornaz finished 3-0 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Retornaz defeated Aleksandr Bystrov (Saint-Petersburg, RUS) 8-3, then won 7-2 against Kirill Surovov (Dmitrov, RUS) and 7-2 against Shibilkin in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Moscow Classic Championship title, Retornaz earned 10.860 world rankings points along with the $5,316CDN first prize cheque. Retornaz gained -65.233 points improving upon their best 8 events, though dropped 51 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 89thplace overall with 48.786 total points. Retornaz ranks 32nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 117.961 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

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