Alina Kovaleva (Saint-Petersburg, RUS) lost
5-4 to
Eve Muirhead (Stirling, SCO) in the Final of the WCT Arctic Cup, held May 22 - 27, 2019 in Dudinka, Russia. To advance to the championship game, Kovaleva won
5-4 over
Kerri Einarson (Gimli, CAN) in the semifinals
Kovaleva finished 3-1 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kovaleva defeated
Anna Venevtseva (Krasnoyarsk, RUS) 8-4, then went on to lose
3-2 against
Muirhead. Kovaleva responded with a
8-1 win over
KyeongAe Kim (Uiseong, KOR). Kovaleva won
6-1 against
Isabella Wrana (Stockholm, SWE) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the WCT Arctic Cup, Kovaleva take home
31.511 world rankings points along with the $18,231CDN prize, remaining in 11th place overall on the
World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 11.029 after improving upon their best so far this season. Kovaleva ranks 11th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
254.018 points earned so far this season.
