CHAMPION: Palancsa/Kiss Wins 2020 Gefle Mixed Doubles Cup

Dorottya Palancsa/Zsolt Kiss (Budapest, HUN) won 8-6 over Oona Kauste/Aku Kauste (Hyvinkaa, FIN) in the Final of the Gefle Mixed Doubles Cup, held January 23 - 26, 2020 in Gavle, Sweden. To advance to the championship game, Palancsa/Kiss won 7-3 over Zuzana Paulova/Tomas Paul (Prague, CZE) in the semifinals of the 2020 Gefle Mixed Doubles Cup in Gavle, Sweden; and won 8-6 over Johanna Heldin/Kristian Lindstroem (Stockholm, SWE) in the quarterfinals. of the 2020 Gefle Mixed Doubles Cup in Gavle, Sweden;

Palancsa/Kiss finished 5-0 in the 17-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Palancsa/Kiss defeated Agnes Alden/Noa Stenalv (Gavle, SWE) 16-1, then won 15-5 against Aleksandra Bylina/Karol Nowakowski (KrakÃ³w, POL) and 11-6 against Switzerland's Laura Engler/Marco Hefti. Palancsa/Kiss won 7-6 against Paulova/Paul, then won 9-4 against Heldin/Lindstroem in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Gefle Mixed Doubles Cup Championship title, Palancsa/Kiss earned 35.939 world rankings points along with the $2,076CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 668th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 13.69 after improving upon their best so far this season. Palancsa/Kiss ranks 9th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 112.736 points earned so far this season.

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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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Isabell Andersson, Simon Granbom
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Kristin Moen Skaslien, Magnus Nedregotten
Oslo, NOR
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Maia Ramsfjell, Magnus Ramsfjell
Trondheim, NOR

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