Barone/Veidemanis3-2 at 2020 WCT Tallinn Masters Mixed Doubles

Daina Barone/Arnis Veidemanis (Riga, LAT) finished 3-2 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Barone/Veidemanis defeated Bonnie Nilhamn/Paavo Kuosmanen (NED/FIN, www) 8-6, then won 7-6 against Marie Turmann/Harri Lill (Tallinn, EST). Barone/Veidemanis went on to lose 14-0 against Anastasia Moskaleva/Alexander Eremin (Moscow, RUS). Barone/Veidemanis responded with a 6-5 win over Zuzanna Rybicka/Bartosz Dzikowski (Lodz, POL). Barone/Veidemanis went on to lose 6-5 against Switzerland's Daniela Rupp/Kevin Wunderlin in their final qualifying round match.

Barone/Veidemanis earned 6.093 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, remaining in 668th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 6.094 after improving upon their best so far this season. Barone/Veidemanis ranks 200th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 8.132 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

Sweden's Niklas Edin (photo: Anil Mungal/GSOC) is set to begin the Olympic season in Baden, Switzerland, at the Baden Masters.

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