Immonen/Sipila Reaches ISS Mixed Doubles Lodz Quarters

Lotta Immonen/Markus Sipila (Espoo, FIN) qualified for the ISS Mixed Doubles Lodz playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 7-6 against Karoliine Kaare/Harri Lill (Tallinn, EST). of the ISS Mixed Doubles Lodz in Lodz, Poland;

Immonen/Sipila finished 4-1 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Immonen/Sipila lost 6-5 to Kateryna Yakymets/Mykhailo Pieskanka (Kyiv, UKR), then responded with a 6-5 win over Kristyna Farkova/David Jakl (Prague, CZE). Immonen/Sipila won 8-0 against Adela Walczak/Andrzej Augustyniak (Lodz, POL), then won 7-4 against Santa Blumberga/Andris Bremanis (Riga, LAT) and 9-1 against Elzbieta Wojtowicz/Grzegorz Szczesny (Lodz, POL) in their final qualifying round match.

Immonen/Sipila earned 9.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the ISS Mixed Doubles Lodz, remaining in 806th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 59.906 total points. Immonen/Sipila ranks 44th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 17.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	19	12	0	0.613	0-1	1-2	2-2	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	227	207	141	9.12	6.21	2.91	5.59	4.36	1.63	1.42	0.04

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	103	122	41	0	4-0	9-2	20-4	1.18	0.40	0.32	0.32

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	124	85	100	1	0-0	8-6	12-22	0.69	0.81	0.58	0.46

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