Zappone/Gonin Reaches 2018 Oberstdorf International Mixed Doubles Cup Quarters

Veronica Zappone/Simone Gonin (Trentino, ITA) qualified for the 2018 Oberstdorf International Mixed Doubles Cup playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 9-5 against Zuzana Paulova/Tomas Paul (Prague, CZE). of the 2018 Oberstdorf International Mixed Doubles Cup in Oberstdorf, Germany;

Zappone/Gonin finished 3-1 in the 25-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Zappone/Gonin lost 6-5 to Daniela Rupp/Kevin Wunderlin (Zug, SUI), then responded with a 11-4 win over Miia Turto/Jari Turto (Hyvinkaa, FIN). Zappone/Gonin won 9-2 against Aleksandra Bylina/Karol Nowakowski (Lodz, POL), then won 7-5 against Andrea Schoepp/Rainer Schoepp (Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GER) in their final qualifying round match.

Zappone/Gonin earned 0.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Oberstdorf International Mixed Doubles Cup. For week 4 of the event schedule, Zappone/Gonin did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Zappone/Gonin ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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