Angela Romei/Joel Retornaz (Pinerolo, ITA) qualified for the 2019 China Open Mixed Doubles playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match
9-3 against
Jocelyn Peterman/Brett Gallant (Winnipeg, CAN). of the 2019 China Open Mixed Doubles in Hebei, China;
Romei/Retornaz finished 4-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Romei/Retornaz lost
6-4 to
Sarah Anderson/Korey Dropkin (Minneapolis, USA), then responded with a
7-5 win over
Zuzana Paulova/Tomas Paul (Prague, CZE). Romei/Retornaz won
7-2 against
Sijia Liu/De Jia Zou (Beijing, CHN), then won
9-5 against
Jenny Perret/Martin Rios (Bern, SUI) and
9-5 against
Oona Kauste/Aku Kauste (Hyvinkaa, FIN) in their final qualifying round match.
Romei/Retornaz earned
11.058 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. Romei/Retornaz gained 27.478 points improving upon their best 2 events, though dropped 667 spots on the
World Ranking Standings into 667thplace overall with
27.478 total points. Romei/Retornaz ranks 5th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
11.058 points earned so far this season.
