Thiesse/Dropkin Reaches 2023 Mixed Doubles Super Series

Cory Thiesse/Korey Dropkin (Duluth, MN) run at the 2023 Mixed Doubles Super Series - Oakville came to an end in the semifinals with a 6-4 loss to Chiaki Matsumura/Yasumasa Tanida (Nagano/Hokkaido, JPN). of the 2023 Mixed Doubles Super Series - Oakville in Oakville, Ontario, Canada; Thiesse/Dropkin advanced through the quarterfinals with a 8-7 win over Jiyoon Kim/ByeongJin Jeong (Seoul, KOR).

Thiesse/Dropkin finished 5-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Thiesse/Dropkin defeated Marlee Powers/Luke Saunders (Halifax, NS) 8-3, then won 8-4 against Tahli Gill/Dean Hewitt (Brisbane, AUS) and 7-6 against Kimberly Tuck/Wesley Forget (Strathroy, ON). Thiesse/Dropkin won 7-3 against Jenny Perret/Martin Rios (Glarus, SUI), then won 6-2 against Jennifer Jones/Brent Laing (Barrie, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

Thiesse/Dropkin earned 29.750 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Mixed Doubles Super Series - Oakville, remaining in 806th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 9.782 after improving upon their best so far this season. Thiesse/Dropkin ranks 29th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 37.188 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	20	1	0	0.952	2-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	141	164	66	11.63	4.68	6.95	6.60	3.33	1.76	1.40	0.07

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	59	97	11	0	4-0	12-0	11-1	1.64	0.19	0.46	0.17

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	82	67	55	1	0-1	8-3	7-9	0.82	0.67	0.65	0.54

Gangwon Province's Park Jong-duk (Photo: Steve Seixeiro/WCF) will try to make it a second straight national title this week in Uijeongbu.

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