Saint Moritz Match Race - Mirsky Racing Team wins Round Robin

10:46 PM Fri 4 Sep 2009 GMT

'St Moritz Match Race 2009' Loris von Siebenthal

The third day of Saint Moritz Match Race sees Mirsky Racing Team (MRT) win the round robin stage and fast track to the semi finals in stunning fashion as they eliminated current WMRT leader Mathieu Richard.

Once again Saint Moritz provided some very difficult conditions for sailors as winds varied from 5-18 knots with 80degree wind shifts.

MRT had four remaining races against difficult opponents but with good pre-starts and solid boat handling they managed to secure three
victories from four races.

An all important race against Mathieu Richard to decide the winner of the round robin saw a red flag penalty off the start line which gave MRT the jump. The French Team sailed strongly to pass on the downwind and narrowly take the lead around the first bottom mark. A close upwind saw the French lose their lead as MRT ground them down after a vicious tacking duel and take the lead and go on to secure the round robin without having to sail the last race against Presti.

'It's a great feeling to skip the quarters and go straight through to the semi finals, tomorrow we will be watching the quarterfinalists closely to help us decide who to pick for our semi final match' said helmsman Torvar Mirsky at the commencement of racing.

Tomorrow positions 2-7 will race off for the remaining three positions in the semi finals.

Quarterfinals:
Yanmar Racing Peter Gilmour vs. ETNZ Blackmatch Adam Minoprio
Bahrain Team Pindar Ian Williams vs. K-Challenge Seb Col
Joe Fly Francesco Bruni vs. French Match Racing Team Phillip Presti

8th French Spirit Mathieu Richard FRA
9th Berntsson Sailing Team Johnnie Berntsson SWE
10th Team Onboard Bjorn Hansen SWE
11th Seth Sailing Alvaro Marinho POR
12th Search.ch Eric Monnin SUI

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