Kiiskinen4-2 at 2022 World Qualification Event

SKIP
Kalle
Kiiskinen

Third
Teemu
Salo

Second
Leo
Ouni

Lead
Paavo
Kuosmanen

Kalle Kiiskinen (Hyvinkaa, FIN) finished 4-2 in the 7-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kiiskinen defeated Ting-Li Lin (Taiwan, TPE) 15-2, then won 7-6 against Sergio Vez (Vitoria-Gasteiz, ESP). Kiiskinen went on to lose 5-2 against Ugurcan Karagoz (Erzurum, TUR). Kiiskinen responded with a 7-4 win over Sergei Glukhov (Moscow, RUS). Kiiskinen won 8-1 against Takumi Maeda (Kitami, JPN). Kiiskinen went on to lose 6-4 against Wouter Gosgens (Zoetermeer, NED) in their final qualifying round match.

Kiiskinen earned 5.738 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the World Qualification Event. Kiiskinen move up 5 spots after posting a net gain of 4.48 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 82nd overall with 46.157 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Kiiskinen ranks 72nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 42.563 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	26	29	0	0.473	12-7	5-13	3-3	1-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	459	316	332	6.88	7.23	-0.35	4.20	4.53	1.64	1.60	1.26

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	241	247	93	32	10-2	14-5	37-14	1.02	0.39	0.29	0.26

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	218	69	239	26	3-3	4-13	6-58	0.32	1.10	0.49	0.21

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