Mirsky Racing Team into quarter finals in Marseilles Match Race

10:48 PM Fri 13 Mar 2009 GMT

'13/03/2009 - Marseille (FRA, 13) - Marseille International Match Mirsky Racing Team in action - Marseille International Match Race 2009' Gilles Martin-Raget &copyPhoto

After a long day out on the water, the Marseilles International Match Race round robin has been completed and the Quarter finals pairing have been decided. MRT managed to just scrape through, winning the final race of the round robin to put them on six wins, finishing in seventh position.

The higher qualifying teams were given the power to choose who to race in tomorrow's do or die quarterfinals, and reigning two time world champion Ian Williams of Bahrain Team Pindar chose to race the Mirsky Racing Team. The choice doesn't come as much of a surprise as Williams managed to beat MRT in the round robin stage, however with the scores so close after the first stage, anything could happen.

'We're looking forward to building up the momentum that we had today in tomorrow's quarterfinals. We always aim to peak on the final day, and our performance has picked throughout the regatta, so we hope to continue it on right through to the end.'

STANDINGS FROM THE ROUND ROBIN

Ed Baird - 8 wins
Paolo Cian - 7 wins
Damien Iehl - 7 wins
Ian Williams - 6 wins
Sebastien Col - 6 wins
Adam Minoprio - 6 wins
Torvar Mirsky - 6 wins
Mathiu Richard - 6 wins
Pierre Morvan - 3 wins
Bjorn Hansen - 3 wins
Ian Ainslie - 3 wins

Follow the action on www.mirskyracingteam.netor www.worldmatchracingtour.com