Alina Kovaleva (Saint-Petersburg, RUS) won
6-3 over
Ekaterina Galkina (Moscow, RUS) in the Final of the Russian Curling Cup, held December 21 - 25, 2018 in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. To advance to the championship game, Kovaleva won
10-4 over
Olga Kotelnikova (Moscow, RUS) in the semifinals
Kovaleva finished 6-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kovaleva defeated
Maria Baksheeva (Saint Petersburg, RUS) 6-5, then won
7-4 against
Arina Rusina (Moscow, RUS) and
6-4 against
Anna Venevtseva (Krasnoyarsk, RUS). Kovaleva won
8-1 against
Ekaterina Tolstova (Dmitrov, RUS), then won
5-3 against
Elizaveta Trukhina (Irkutsk, RUS). Kovaleva went on to lose
4-1 against
Sofia Orazalina (Moscow, RUS). Kovaleva responded with a
8-2 win over
Sofia Iarutina (Sverdlovsk, RUS) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Russian Curling Cup Championship title, Kovaleva earned
19.007 world rankings points along with the $8,000CDN first prize cheque. Kovaleva move up 3 spots after posting a net gain of 8.012 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 11th overall with
234.158 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Kovaleva ranks 7th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
218.129 points earned so far this season.
