Kovaleva4-1 at Russian World Qualification

SKIP
Alina
Kovaleva

Third
Anastasia
Bryzgalova

Second
Galina
Arsenkina

Lead
Ekaterina
Kuzmina

Alina Kovaleva (Saint Petersburg, RUS) are currently 4-1 in the 2-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kovaleva defeated Anna Sidorova (Moscow, RUS) 7-6, then went on to lose 9-3 against Sidorova. Kovaleva responded with a 6-4 win over Sidorova. Kovaleva won 6-5 against Sidorova, then won 6-5 against Sidorova. In their next game, Kovaleva plays.

For winning the Russian World Qualification Championship title, Kovaleva earned 14.108 world rankings points. For week 28 of the event schedule, Kovaleva did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Kovaleva ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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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