Ignatenko/Mironov3-2 at 2019 International Mixed Doubles Sochi

Games:	5
Record:	3W - 2L
PF/G:	9.21
PA/G:	7.11
Hammer Efficiency:	0.30
Steal Defense:	0.40
Force Efficiency:	0.40
Steal Efficiency:	0.44

Maria Ignatenko/Dmitry Mironov (Sochi, RUS) finished 3-2 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ignatenko/Mironov defeated Svetlana Saifutdinova/Ilgiz Saifutdinov (Moscow, RUS) 11-3, then won 6-5 against Kristina Dudko/Vladislav Velichko (Krasnoyarsk, RUS) and 9-4 against Ekaterina Tolstova/Petr Kuznetsov (Dmitrov, RUS). Ignatenko/Mironov went on to lose 7-5 against Hungary's Ildiko Szekeres/Gyorgy Nagy. Ignatenko/Mironov lost 8-4 to Margarita Fomina/Alexey Stukalsky (Moscow, RUS) in their final qualifying round match.

Ignatenko/Mironov earned 5.399 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, remaining in 668th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 5.398 after improving upon their best so far this season. Ignatenko/Mironov ranks 123rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 5.398 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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