Marie Turmann/Harri Lill (Tallinn, EST) won
7-6 over
Kalynn Park/Charley Thomas (Calgary, AB) in the Final of the New Zealand Winter Games Mixed Doubles, held August 25 - 30, 2017 in Naseby, New Zealand.
Turmann/Lill finished 5-2 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Turmann/Lill lost
9-8 to
Haruka Fujii/Go Aoki (Sapporo, JPN), then responded with a
7-4 win over
Lynn Hewitt/Dean Hewitt (Glen Waverley, AUS). Turmann/Lill won
6-4 against
Ying Cao/My Yan Long (Harbin, CHN). Turmann/Lill went on to lose
8-7 against
Park/Thomas. Turmann/Lill responded with a
10-4 win over
Oona Kauste/Tomi Rantamaki (Hyvinkaa, FIN). Turmann/Lill won
7-6 against
Eleanor Adviento/Brett Sargon (Naseby, NZL), then won
7-6 against
Ildiko Szekeres/Gyeorgy Nagy (Budapest, HUN) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the New Zealand Winter Games Mixed Doubles Championship title, Turmann/Lill earned
0.000 world rankings points. For week 4 of the event schedule, Turmann/Lill did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the
World Ranking Standings with
total points. Turmann/Lill ranks th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
points earned so far this season.
