Britain's Ian Williams has clinched his seventh Match Racing World Championship title with his Chinaone.Ningbo team of Jon Gundersen, Richard Sydenham, and Gerrard Mitchell. His victory in the 2023 WMRT Final sets a new record for the most championship wins in the Tour's history.
Williams had to work hard to earn his victory, battling Megan Thomson in the semi-finals and Gavin Brady in the final. Thomson, who eliminated round-robin winner Björn Hansen, managed to secure a win against Williams in their semi-final match before he claimed his spot in the final with a score of 3-1.
Incredible to finally have got the seventh world title. The last one was back in 2016, nearly eight years. To come with a new team, Chinaone.Ningbo, and come to China and win the world title, it's amazing. It's been a long time coming. We've battled away. We've never stopped trying," said Williams on the victory.
Gavin Brady (USA) and his True Blue Racing team of Nick Blackman, Tom Powrie, and Dave Swete gave Williams a great battle, but missing out on a few critical shifts saw them finish in second.
Overall placings
1. GBR Ian Williams, Jon Gundersen, Richard Sydenham, Gerrard Thomas
2. USA Gavin Brady, Nick Blackman, Tom Powrie, Dave Swete
3. NZL Megan Thomson, Leo Takahashi, Nicholas Heiner, Niall Malone
4. SWE Johnie Berntsson, Filip Karlsson, Emil Wolfgang, Rasmus Alnebäck
5. SWE Björn Hansen, Philip Kai Guhle, Mathias Bredin, Nils Bjerås
6. SUI Eric Monnin, Simon Brügger, Marc Monnin, Jean-Claude Monnin, Hugo Feydit
7. NZL Nick Egnot-Johnson, Sam Barnett, Bradley McLaughlin, Zak Merton
8. USA Chris Poole, Joachim Aschenbrenner, Tomas Dietrich, Bernardo Freitas
9. DEN Jeppe Borch, Thor Malthe Andersen, Mathias Rossing, Gustav Wantzin
10. ITA Rocco Attilli, Giulio Tamburini, Gianluca Perasole, Ludovico Mori
11. IRL Ruairi Finnegan, Noah Fisher, Daniel Little, Ryan Fitzgerald
12. EST Mati Sepp, Karl Kolk, Janno Hool, Ago Rebane
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