CHAMPION: Abbes/Harsch Wins WCT Tallinn Masters Mixed Doubles

Emira Abbes/Klaudius Harsch (Fuessen, GER) won 9-6 over Adela Walczak/Andrzej Augustyniak (Lodz, POL) in the Final of the WCT Tallinn Masters Mixed Doubles, held February 15 - 18 at the Tondiraba Ice Hall in Tallinn, Estonia. To advance to the championship game, Abbes/Harsch won 6-5 over Marie Kaldvee/Harri Lill (Tallinn, EST) in the semifinals of the WCT Tallinn Masters Mixed Doubles in Tallinn, Estonia, Estonia;

Abbes/Harsch are currently 3-0 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Abbes/Harsch defeated Yaroslava Kalinichenko/Erkki Lill (Tallinn, EST) 9-0, then won 10-2 against Hannah Augustin/Gery Hermans (Zemst, BEL) and 9-6 against Evelina Barone/Eduard Nikolov (Kyiv, UKR). In their next game, Abbes/Harsch plays.

For winning the WCT Tallinn Masters Mixed Doubles Championship title, Abbes/Harsch earned 11.250 world rankings points along with the $1,753CDN first prize cheque, moving up 4 spots the World Ranking Standings into 806th place overall with 36.000 total points. Abbes/Harsch ranks 44th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 36.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	19	6	0	0.760	2-0	2-1	1-0	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	176	178	137	10.11	7.78	2.33	5.17	4.72	1.96	1.65	0.11

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	87	112	53	0	11-0	7-2	13-13	1.29	0.61	0.36	0.41

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	89	66	84	2	2-2	6-6	8-19	0.74	0.94	0.43	0.45

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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