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IZMIR - At the end of 2018 and after four Turkish Grand Prix tournaments were completed, Murat Naci Coklu is the number one ranked player. Second on the ranking is Lütfi Cenet. Semih Sayginer won the last tournament in Izmir in the final against Lütfi Cenet. Murat Naci Coklu is the new Turkish champion after two victories and two third places. He will represent Turkey with Lütfi Cenet at the World championship for national teams in Viersen next year.
In the fourth and final tournament, with the best 32 players on the ranking, Semih Sayginer won the final against Lütfi Cenet 40-29 in 16 innings. The two finalists defeated Murat Naci Coklu and Tarik Yavuz in the semi-finals. Sayginer was the better of Coklu 40-25 in 18, Cenet beat Yavuz 40-27 in 24.
Vice minister Hamza Yerlikaya of Youth and Sports attended the tournament on the final day. He handed out the prizes to the podium.
The general ranking after 4 tournaments:
1 Murat Naci Coklu
2 Lütfi Cenet
3 Turgay Orak
4 Semih Sayginer
1st Grand Prix, Antalya (1552 participants):
1 Murat Naci Coklu
2 Turgay Orak
3 Haci Arap Yaman
3 Tayfun Tasdemir
2nd Grand Prix, Antalya, 1230 players
1 Murat Naci Coklu
2 Lütfi Cenet
3 Tayfun Tasdemir
3 Birol Uymaz
3rd Grand Prix, Batman (557 spelers)
1 Turgay Orak
2 Lütfi Cenet
3 Murat Naci Coklu
3 Can Capak
4th and final Grand Prix, Izmir (final with 32 players):
1 Semih Sayginer
2 Lütfi Cenet
3 Murat Naci Coklu
3 Tarik Yavuz
The last podium with Murat Naci Coklu as the Turkish champion and Semih Sayginer as the last Grand Prix winner
Original text: Yayinlayan Emel Coklu