Kardapoltseva/Vaskov3-2 at 2019 International Mixed Doubles Sochi

Games:	5
Record:	3W - 2L
PF/G:	10.00
PA/G:	6.58
Hammer Efficiency:	0.53
Steal Defense:	0.20
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.43

Aleksandra Kardapoltseva/Mikhail Vaskov (Dmitrov, RUS) finished 3-2 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kardapoltseva/Vaskov defeated Lidia Sanchirova/Evgeny Sokolov (Novosibirsk, RUS) 8-1, then went on to lose 7-5 against Ksenia Strelkova/Roman Zhukovsky (Moscow, RUS). Kardapoltseva/Vaskov responded with a 8-6 win over Alina Fakhurtdinova/Nikolay Lysakov (Irkutsk, RUS). Kardapoltseva/Vaskov won 10-3 against Anna Venevtseva/Vasiliy Groshev (Krasnoyarsk, RUS). Kardapoltseva/Vaskov went on to lose 8-7 against Switzerland's Daniela Rupp/Kevin Wunderlin in their final qualifying round match.

Kardapoltseva/Vaskov 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 2.699 after improving upon their best so far this season. Kardapoltseva/Vaskov ranks 151st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 2.699 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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