Alina Fakhurtdinova/Nikolay Lysakov (Irkutsk, RUS) qualified for the 2019 International Mixed Doubles Sochi playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match
7-5 against
Margarita Fomina/Alexey Stukalsky (Moscow, RUS). of the 2019 International Mixed Doubles Sochi in Sochi, Russia;
Fakhurtdinova/Lysakov finished 4-1 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Fakhurtdinova/Lysakov defeated
Anna Venevtseva/Vasiliy Groshev (Krasnoyarsk, RUS) 8-6, then won
15-2 against
Lidia Sanchirova/Evgeny Sokolov (Novosibirsk, RUS). Fakhurtdinova/Lysakov went on to lose
8-6 against
Aleksandra Kardapoltseva/Mikhail Vaskov (Dmitrov, RUS). Fakhurtdinova/Lysakov responded with a
10-7 win over
Switzerland's Daniela Rupp/Kevin Wunderlin. Fakhurtdinova/Lysakov won
8-3 against
Ksenia Strelkova/Roman Zhukovsky (Moscow, RUS) in their final qualifying round match.
Fakhurtdinova/Lysakov earned
14.397 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the International Mixed Doubles Sochi, remaining in 668th place overall on the
World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 14.396 after improving upon their best so far this season. Fakhurtdinova/Lysakov ranks 73rd overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
14.396 points earned so far this season.
