Kauste/Kauste Reaches 2021 Gothenburg Mixed Doubles Cup Quarters

Oona Kauste/Aku Kauste (Hyvinkaa, FIN) qualified for the 2021 Gothenburg Mixed Doubles Cup playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 7-4 against Jennifer Dodds/Bruce Mouat (Stirling, UK). of the 2021 Gothenburg Mixed Doubles Cup in Gothenburg, Sweden;

Kauste/Kauste finished 3-1 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kauste/Kauste defeated Daniela Rupp/Kevin Wunderlin (Zug, SUI) 7-3, then went on to lose 6-4 against Almida de Val/Oskar Eriksson (Sundbyberg, SWE). Kauste/Kauste responded with a 6-5 win over Jasmin Lander/Henrik Holtermann (Hvidovre, DEN). Kauste/Kauste won 8-5 against Martine Ronning/Mathias Braenden (Lillehammer, NOR) in their final qualifying round match.

Kauste/Kauste earned 20.263 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Gothenburg Mixed Doubles Cup, remaining in 778th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 6.204 after improving upon their best so far this season. Kauste/Kauste ranks 15th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 80.670 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	21	16	0	0.568	3-1	5-2	2-1	0-0	1-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	265	242	221	9.13	8.34	0.79	5.25	4.72	1.74	1.77	0.04

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	127	155	72	0	4-3	21-5	18-9	1.22	0.57	0.34	0.35

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	138	87	149	1	2-5	5-8	15-35	0.63	1.08	0.41	0.41

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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