Garcia/Garcia Reaches 2019 WCT Austrian Mixed Doubles Cup Quarters

Irantzu Garcia/Gontzal Garcia (Vitoria, ESP) qualified for the 2019 WCT Austrian Mixed Doubles Cup playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 8-1 against Dorottya Palancsa/Zsolt Kiss (Budapest, HUN). of the 2019 WCT Austrian Mixed Doubles Cup in Kitzbuehel, Austria;

Garcia/Garcia finished 2-2 in the 14-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Garcia/Garcia lost 7-5 to Czech Republic's Veronika Neznalova/Matej Neznal, then responded with a 8-5 win over Switzerland's Noelle Iseli/Rene Iseli. Garcia/Garcia won 6-5 against Johanna Heldin/Kristian Lindstroem (Stockholm, SWE). Garcia/Garcia went on to lose 8-5 against Andrea Schoepp/Klaudius Harsch (Garmisch-Partenkircken, GER) in their final qualifying round match.

Garcia/Garcia earned 14.068 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the WCT Austrian Mixed Doubles Cup, remaining in 668th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 44.608 total points. Garcia/Garcia ranks 50th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 14.068 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

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Emilie Desjardins, Robert Desjardins
Chicoutimi, QC
2017: Rui Wang
Rui Wang, De Xin Ba
Harbin, CHN

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