Kirikov4-3 at 2018 Russian Curling Cup

Moscow, Russia

SKIP
Aleksandr
Kirikov

Third
Andrey
Drozdov

Second
Vadim
Shkolnikov

Lead
Dmitri
Abanin

Games:	7
Record:	4W - 3L
PF/G:	10.21
PA/G:	6.46
Hammer Efficiency:	0.44
Steal Defense:	0.30
Force Efficiency:	0.55
Steal Efficiency:	0.29

Aleksandr Kirikov (Moscow, RUS) finished 4-3 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kirikov lost 8-7 to Sergei Glukhov (Sochi, RUS), droppimg another game, 7-2 to German Doronin (Moscow, RUS) where Kirikov responded with a 10-2 win over Alexey Timofeev (St. Petersburg, RUS). Kirikov went on to lose 7-5 against Kirill Savenkov (Dmitrov, RUS). Kirikov responded with a 10-1 win over Aleksandr Polushvaiko (Krasnodar, RUS). Kirikov won 6-2 against Alexander Orlov (St. Petersburg, RUS), then won 9-4 against Aleksandr Bystrov (St. Petersburg, RUS) in their final qualifying round match.

Kirikov earned 3.190 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 185 spots the World Ranking Standings into 356th place overall with 3.332 total points. Kirikov ranks 282nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 3.190 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

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