Denisenko/Palagney Finishes Fourth at 2020 International Mixed Doubles Sochi

Games:	8
Record:	4W - 4L
PF/G:	8.23
PA/G:	8.39
Hammer Efficiency:	0.42
Steal Defense:	0.22
Force Efficiency:	0.43
Steal Efficiency:	0.40

Valeria Denisenko/Kirill Palagney (Irkutsk, RUS) lost 9-4 to Zuzana Paulova/Tomas Paul (Prague, CZE) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2020 International Mixed Doubles Sochi in Sochi, Russia. of the 2020 International Mixed Doubles Sochi in Sochi, Russia; Valeria Denisenko/Kirill Palagney (Irkutsk, RUS) lost 9-4 to Zuzana Paulova/Tomas Paul (Prague, CZE) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2020 International Mixed Doubles Sochi in Sochi, Russia. Denisenko/Palagney lost 9-7 to Nkeiruka Ezekh/Sergei Glukhov (Moscow, RUS) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game. of the 2020 International Mixed Doubles Sochi in Sochi, Russia; and won 6-3 over Russia's Daria Morozova/Daniil Goryachev in the quarterfinals. of the 2020 International Mixed Doubles Sochi in Sochi, Russia;

Denisenko/Palagney finished 3-2 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Denisenko/Palagney defeated Ksenia Strelkova/Roman Zhukovsky (Moscow, RUS) 6-3, then won 8-5 against Anna Lukianchikova/Dmitry Krapivin (Krasnoyarsk, RUS). Denisenko/Palagney went on to lose 10-8 against Ezekh/Glukhov. Denisenko/Palagney lost 6-4 to Paulova/Paul where Denisenko/Palagney responded with a 8-7 win over Irina Poletaeva/Egor Volkov (Sochi, RUS) in their final qualifying round match.

With their fourth place finish at the International Mixed Doubles Sochi, Denisenko/Palagney take home 10.872 world rankings points along with 1339CDN. For week 32 of the event schedule, Denisenko/Palagney did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Denisenko/Palagney ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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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