Kovaleva Runner-Up at 2018 International ZO Womens Tournament

SKIP
Alina
Kovaleva

Third
Anastasia
Bryzgalova

Second
Uliana
Vasilyeva

Lead
Ekaterina
Kuzmina

Alina Kovaleva (Saint-Petersburg, RUS) lost 8-6 to Anna Kubeskova (Prague, CZE) in the Final of the International ZO Womens Tournament, held November 9 - 11, 2018 in Wetzikon, Switzerland. To advance to the championship game, Kovaleva won 4-1 over Daniela Jentsch (Fuessen, GER) in the semifinals of the 2018 International ZO Womens Tournament in Wetzikon, Switzerland; and won 5-4 over Anna Sidorova (Moscow, RUS) in the quarterfinals.

Kovaleva finished 4-0 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kovaleva defeated Iveta Stasa-Sarsune (Riga, LAT) 4-3, then won 8-2 against Sophie Jackson (Stirling, SCO) and 5-4 against Ursi Hegner (Uzwil, SUI). Kovaleva won 10-1 against Raphaela Keiser (Flims, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the International ZO Womens Tournament, Kovaleva take home 20.019 world rankings points along with the $3,944CDN prize, moving up 1 spots the World Ranking Standings into 19th place overall with 191.144 total points. Kovaleva ranks 9th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 153.742 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

2006: Manuela Kormann
Manuela Kormann, Carine Mattille, Heike Schwaller, Emilie Mattille, Sandra Steuri
, SUI
2007: Mirjam Ott
Manuela Kormann, Carine Mattille, Heike Schwaller, Emilie Mattille, Sandra Steuri
Davos, SUI
2008: Mirjam Ott
Manuela Kormann, Carine Mattille, Heike Schwaller, Emilie Mattille, Sandra Steuri
Davos, SUI
2010: Mirjam Ott
Mirjam Ott, Carmen Schaefer, Carmen Kueng, Janine Greiner
Davos, SUI
2011: Andrea Schoepp
Andrea Schoepp, Imogen Oona Lehmann, Corinna Scholz, Stella Heiss
Fuessen, GER
2012: Michele Jaeggi
Michele Jaeggi, Marisa Winkelhausen, Stephanie Jaeggi, Melanie Barbezat
Bern, SUI
2013: Anna Sidorova
Anna Sidorova, Margarita Fomina, Aleksandra Raeva, Ekaterina Galkina, Nkeiruka Ezekh
Moscow, RUS
2014: Anna Sidorova
Anna Sidorova, Margarita Fomina, Aleksandra Raeva, Ekaterina Galkina
Moscow, RUS
2015: Binia Feltscher
Binia Feltscher, Irene Schori, Franziska Kaufmann, Christine Urech
Flims, SUI
2017: Anna Kubeskova
Anna Kubeskova, Alzbeta Zelingrova, Tereza Pliskova, Klara Svatonova, Ezhen Kolcevskaia
Prague, CZE
2018: Anna Kubeskova
Anna Kubeskova, Alzbeta Zelingrova, Tereza Pliskova, Ezhen Kolcevskaia, Eliska Soukupova
Prague, CZE

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