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Switzerland's Yannick Schwaller won 6-5 over Germany's Marc Muskatewitz in the all-international final.
Muskatewitz started the game with hammer due to their qualifying position, havning advanced through the B-event, while Schwaller needed the C-event to get into Monday's playoff round.
Muskatewitz scored 2 in the first end, with Schwaller responding in the second end, scoring 2.
The teams traded singles in the third and fourth ends, with Schwaller taking the lead for the first time, stealing a single point in the fifth end.
Muskatewitz scored single point in the sixth end, then took the lead back stealing one in the seventh end.
Schwaller again returned favour for the final time, scoring one to tie the game and then stealing again in the extra end for the 6-5 win.
In the women's final, Xenia Schwaller, cousin to Yannick, also won the title for Switzerland.
Schwaller (Geneve) skip throwing third stones with Benoit Schwarz van-Berkel throwing the last stones, and Sven Michel and Pablo Lachat on the front end take home 52.5 world ranking points, moving the team from seventh to fourth overall on the rankings.
Muskatewitz receives 38.500 world ranking points for their second-place finish, moving them into 16th overall and putting themselves in prime position to qualify for a future Grand Slam event.
Schwaller defeated Gushue 7-5 in the semifinals, and Muskatewitz defeated Switzerland's Marco Hoesli 9-6.
In the quarterfinals, Hoesli defeated China's Xiao-ming Xu 4-3, while Muskatewitz defeated Dropkin 9-2 in what was Dropkin's opportunity to lock down that final spot in the Tier 1 Tour Challenge.
Dropkin and 15 other teams will compete at the same venue in the Tier 2 division.
Schwaller also defeated Scotland's Bruce Mouat 9-8, and Gushue defeated Japan's Riku Yanagisawa 10-0.
Schwaller finished 4-2 in the 28-team triple knockout qualifying round. In their opening game, Schwaller lost 6-4 to Sam Mooibroek of Whitby, then responded with a 7-6 win over Alex Champ (Toronto, ON).
Continuing through the B-event, Schwaller won 6-0 against Dropkin, then won 7-5 against James Craik (Stirling, SCO) to advance to a B-Qualifier game where they lost 6-4 against Muskatewitz.
The loss dropped Schwaller a C-Qualifier game, where they responded with a 7-3 win over Mooibroek to advance to the playoff round.
Muskatewitz started the game with hammer due to their qualifying position, havning advanced through the B-event, while Schwaller needed the C-event to get into Monday's playoff round.
Muskatewitz scored 2 in the first end, with Schwaller responding in the second end, scoring 2.
The teams traded singles in the third and fourth ends, with Schwaller taking the lead for the first time, stealing a single point in the fifth end.
Muskatewitz scored single point in the sixth end, then took the lead back stealing one in the seventh end.
Schwaller again returned favour for the final time, scoring one to tie the game and then stealing again in the extra end for the 6-5 win.
In the women's final, Xenia Schwaller, cousin to Yannick, also won the title for Switzerland.
Schwaller (Geneve) skip throwing third stones with Benoit Schwarz van-Berkel throwing the last stones, and Sven Michel and Pablo Lachat on the front end take home 52.5 world ranking points, moving the team from seventh to fourth overall on the rankings.
Muskatewitz receives 38.500 world ranking points for their second-place finish, moving them into 16th overall and putting themselves in prime position to qualify for a future Grand Slam event.
Schwaller defeated Gushue 7-5 in the semifinals, and Muskatewitz defeated Switzerland's Marco Hoesli 9-6.
In the quarterfinals, Hoesli defeated China's Xiao-ming Xu 4-3, while Muskatewitz defeated Dropkin 9-2 in what was Dropkin's opportunity to lock down that final spot in the Tier 1 Tour Challenge.
Dropkin and 15 other teams will compete at the same venue in the Tier 2 division.
Schwaller also defeated Scotland's Bruce Mouat 9-8, and Gushue defeated Japan's Riku Yanagisawa 10-0.
Schwaller finished 4-2 in the 28-team triple knockout qualifying round. In their opening game, Schwaller lost 6-4 to Sam Mooibroek of Whitby, then responded with a 7-6 win over Alex Champ (Toronto, ON).
Continuing through the B-event, Schwaller won 6-0 against Dropkin, then won 7-5 against James Craik (Stirling, SCO) to advance to a B-Qualifier game where they lost 6-4 against Muskatewitz.
The loss dropped Schwaller a C-Qualifier game, where they responded with a 7-3 win over Mooibroek to advance to the playoff round.