 Eve Muirhead (Perth , SCO) wins the HDF Insurance Shoot-Out, defeating Anna Hasselborg (Stockhol, SWE) 7-5 in an extra end. Muirhead with Anna Sloan at third, Vicki Adams and Lauren Gray on the front end take home the $8,000CDN first place cheque along with 55.542 world ranking points, while Hasselborg receives $5,000CDN and 43.640 world ranking points for their second place finish. Starting with hammer, Hasselborg blanked the first end, got on the board scoring 2 in the second end. After another blank end, Muirhead scored 2 in the fourth end to tie the game at 2. Another blank end, after which Hasselborg scored 2 in the sixth, then then added a steal in the seventh end to take a comfortable 5-2 lead. Muirhead scored 3 in the eighth end to send the game to an extra end, then stole 2 for the shocking comeback win. In the semifinals, Muirhead defeated Darcy Robertson (Winnipeg, MB) 5-3 and Hasselborg defeated Bingyu Wang (Harbin, CHN) 8-4. Robertson and Wang earned $3,000CDN and 33.722 ranking points for their semifinal finishes. In the quarterfinals, Muirhead defeated Kelsey Rocque (Edmonton, AB) 8-4, Hasselborg defeated Val Sweeting (Edmonton, AB) 6-0, while Wang defeated Chelsea Carey (Calgary, AB) 7-3 and Robertson defeated Alina Paetz (Zurich, SUI) 5-4. Sweeting, Carey, Rocque and Paetz earned $2,000CDN along with 23.804 ranking points for their quarterfinal finishes. Muirhead went 4-1 in the 24 team round-robin pools qualifying round. In their opening game, Muirhead defeated Holly Scott (Calgary, AB) 6-3, won against Robertson 7-6, and Shannon Kleibrink (Calgary, AB) 7-1. Muirhead won their fourth game against Geri-Lynn Ramsay (Calgary, AB) 10-2, before losing their next game to Wang 5-4 in their final qualifying round match. |
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After emerging on the global stage at senior level last month, Katie McMillan is feeling all the more ready for the challenge as she and partner Angus Bryce prepare to represent Scotland at the ACE & Company World Mixed Doubles Championships in Geneva over the next week (April 25 - May 2).
