Polikarpova/Grekhnev2-3 at 2019 International Mixed Doubles Sochi

Nina Polikarpova/Kirill Grekhnev (Irkutsk, RUS) finished 2-3 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Polikarpova/Grekhnev lost 7-5 to Russia's Daria Morozova/Daniil Goryachev, then responded with a 8-5 win over Sofia Tkach/Arseniy Meshkovich (Sochi, RUS). Polikarpova/Grekhnev went on to lose 11-2 against Jenny Perret/Martin Rios (Bern, SUI). Polikarpova/Grekhnev lost 7-5 to Ekaterina Telnova/Artem Puzanov (Moscow, RUS) where Polikarpova/Grekhnev responded with a 8-4 win over Alina Androsova/Felix Kaulfersch (Berlin, GER) in their final qualifying round match.

Polikarpova/Grekhnev earned 3.599 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, remaining in 668th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 3.6 after improving upon their best so far this season. Polikarpova/Grekhnev ranks 135th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 3.600 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

Stefania Constantini and Amos Mosaner (Photo: Stephen Fisher/World Curling) claim Italy's first World Mixed Doubles Championship crown.

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