CHAMPION: Han/Zou Wins WCT Slovakia Mixed Doubles Cup II

Female
Yu
Han

Male
Qiang
Zou

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Yu Han/Qiang Zou (Beijing, CHN) won 6-4 over Zuzana Paulova/Tomas Paul (Prague, CZE) in the Final of the WCT Slovakia Mixed Doubles Cup II, held March 14 - 17 in Bratislava, Slovakia. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Han/Zou won 9-6 over Klara Cihlarova/Tomas Macek (Prague, CZE) to advance to the championship game. of the WCT Slovakia Mixed Doubles Cup II in Bratislava, Slovakia;

Han/Zou finished 3-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Han/Zou lost 6-5 to Lucia Orokocka/Juraj Gallo (Bratislava, SVK), then responded with a 6-5 win over Paulova/Paul. Han/Zou won 8-5 against Emma Erzsebet Szurmay/Bajan Kan Ferenci (Budapest, HUN), then won 6-1 against Paulina Hajduk/Jan Horacek (Bratislava, SVK) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the WCT Slovakia Mixed Doubles Cup II Championship title, Han/Zou earned 7.500 world rankings points along with the $1,472CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 820th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 60.252 total points. Han/Zou ranks 24th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 60.252 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	19	5	1	0.792	4-0	0-1	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	170	178	102	10.47	6.00	4.47	6.24	3.71	1.68	1.62	0.06

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	75	101	31	1	3-2	11-1	14-5	1.35	0.41	0.38	0.24

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	95	77	71	0	2-1	5-5	11-13	0.81	0.75	0.58	0.53

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