Frederiksen/Valek3-1 at Czechia National Mixed Doubles Qualifier

Karolina Frederiksen/Tomas Valek (Prague, CZE) finished 3-1 in the 21-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Frederiksen/Valek defeated Lucie Huskova/Dominik Zenaty (Brno, CZE) 8-0, then won 9-3 against Lenka Patkova/Jan Kvarda (Prague, CZE). Frederiksen/Valek went on to lose 9-8 against Veronika Vasakova/Ondrej Bodlak Jr. (Prague, CZE). Frederiksen/Valek responded with a 10-4 win over Eliska Srnska/Jaroslav Vedral (Prague, CZE) in their final qualifying round match.

Frederiksen/Valek earned 1.625 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Czechia National Mixed Doubles Qualifier, remaining in 806th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 1.626 after improving upon their best so far this season. Frederiksen/Valek ranks 158th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 1.907 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	10	11	0	0.476	4-0	4-4	3-4	1-1	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	135	120	111	8.89	8.22	0.67	4.89	5.04	1.82	1.63	0.07

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	65	83	27	0	5-0	6-0	13-1	1.28	0.42	0.37	0.40

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	70	37	84	1	1-4	1-9	5-12	0.53	1.20	0.40	0.39

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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