CHAMPION: Skaslien/Nedregotten Wins 2019 Italian Mixed Doubles Cup

Kristin Moen Skaslien/Magnus Nedregotten (Oppdal, NOR) won 8-2 over Jenny Perret/Martin Rios (Bern, SUI) in the Final of the Italian Mixed Doubles Cup, held December 12 - 15, 2019 in Pinerolo, Italy. To advance to the championship game, Skaslien/Nedregotten won 7-1 over Italy's Veronica Zappone/Simone Gonin in the semifinals of the 2019 Italian Mixed Doubles Cup in Pinerolo, Italy; and won 8-3 over Michele Jaeggi/Marc Pfister (Bern, SUI) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 Italian Mixed Doubles Cup in Pinerolo, Italy;

Skaslien/Nedregotten finished 5-0 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Skaslien/Nedregotten defeated Spain's Oihane Otaegi/Mikel Unanue 11-0, then won 6-3 against Jaeggi/Pfister and 9-1 against Santa Blumberga/Anrijs Mikuss Briezkalns (Riga, LAT). Skaslien/Nedregotten won 7-3 against Elisa Marten/Fabrizio Gallo (Trentino, ITA), then won 9-7 against Russia's Daria Morozova/Daniil Goryachev in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Italian Mixed Doubles Cup Championship title, Skaslien/Nedregotten earned 40.756 world rankings points along with the $1,462CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 668th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 5.936 after improving upon their best so far this season. Skaslien/Nedregotten ranks 1st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 164.182 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

Team Marco Hoesli (Photo: Anil Mungal/GSOC) took down the world number one and two ranked teams to secure the first title of the season.

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