CHAMPION: Skaslien/Nedregotten Wins 2021 Gothenburg Mixed Doubles Cup

Kristin Moen Skaslien/Magnus Nedregotten (Oslo, NOR) won 8-3 over Almida de Val/Oskar Eriksson (Sundbyberg, SWE) in the Final of the Gothenburg Mixed Doubles Cup, held December 28 - 30, 2021 in Gothenburg, Sweden. To advance to the championship game, Skaslien/Nedregotten won 7-5 over Jennifer Dodds/Bruce Mouat (Stirling, UK) in the semifinals of the 2021 Gothenburg Mixed Doubles Cup in Gothenburg, Sweden; and won 6-5 over Zuzana Paulova/Tomas Paul (Prague, CZE) in the quarterfinals. of the 2021 Gothenburg Mixed Doubles Cup in Gothenburg, Sweden;

Skaslien/Nedregotten finished 3-1 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Skaslien/Nedregotten defeated Natalie Wiksten/Kasper Wiksten (Hvidovre, DEN) 9-1, then won 7-6 against Stefania Constantini/Amos Mosaner (Trentino, ITA). Skaslien/Nedregotten went on to lose 8-5 against Therese Vestman/Robin Ahlberg (Stockholm, SWE). Skaslien/Nedregotten responded with a 9-5 win over Lea Hueppi/Jonas Weiss (Kusnacht, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Gothenburg Mixed Doubles Cup Championship title, Skaslien/Nedregotten earned 50.658 world rankings points along with the $4,198CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 778th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 34.076 after improving upon their best so far this season. Skaslien/Nedregotten ranks 2nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 156.332 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	29	10	0	0.744	3-1	0-1	1-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	269	293	184	10.89	6.84	4.05	5.80	4.20	1.88	1.63	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	115	190	41	0	12-0	15-2	31-9	1.65	0.36	0.50	0.24

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	154	103	143	0	1-4	7-13	16-19	0.67	0.93	0.58	0.45

2022: Therese Westman
Therese Westman, Robin Ahlberg
Stockholm, SWE
2021: Kristin Moen Skaslien
Kristin Moen Skaslien, Magnus Nedregotten
Oslo, NOR
2019: Michele Jaeggi
Michele Jaeggi, Marc Pfister
Bern, SUI

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