Romei/Retornaz Reaches 2019 China Open Mixed Doubles Quarters

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.

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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