Sykorova/Sykora Reaches WCT Slovakia Mixed Doubles Cup II Quarters

Silvia Sykorova/Marek Sykora (Bratislava, SVK) qualified for the WCT Slovakia Mixed Doubles Cup II playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 10-2 against Zuzana Paulova/Tomas Paul (Prague, CZE). of the WCT Slovakia Mixed Doubles Cup II in Bratislava, Slovakia;

Sykorova/Sykora finished 2-2 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Sykorova/Sykora defeated Emma Valachova/Jakub Jurkovic (Bratislava, SVK) 13-4, then went on to lose 9-1 against Ying Yang/Jiafeng Tian (Beijing, CHN). Sykorova/Sykora responded with a 9-8 win over Melania Kovacikova/Jakub Polak (Bratislava, SVK). Sykorova/Sykora went on to lose 7-6 against Klara Cihlarova/Tomas Macek (Prague, CZE) in their final qualifying round match.

Sykorova/Sykora earned 3.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the WCT Slovakia Mixed Doubles Cup II, remaining in 820th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 7.250 total points. Sykorova/Sykora ranks 177th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 7.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	5	5	0	0.500	0-0	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	71	66	58	9.30	8.17	1.13	5.07	4.93	1.83	1.66	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	37	46	21	0	3-0	4-1	6-5	1.24	0.57	0.35	0.38

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	34	20	37	0	0-2	0-2	7-5	0.59	1.09	0.57	0.38

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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