CHAMPION: Kovaleva Wins 2019 Changan Ford International Curling Elite

Saint-Petersburg , Russia

SKIP
Alina
Kovaleva

Third
Maria
Komarova

Second
Galina
Arsenkina

Lead
Ekaterina
Kuzmina

Games:	9
Record:	7W - 2L
PF/G:	7.73
PA/G:	5.91
Hammer Efficiency:	0.53
Steal Defense:	0.16
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.17

Alina Kovaleva (Saint-Petersburg , RUS) won 6-4 over EunJung Kim (Uiseong, KOR) in the Final of the Changan Ford International Curling Elite, held December 5 - 10, 2019 in Xining, China. To advance to the championship game, Kovaleva won 7-3 over Binia Feltscher (Langenthal, SUI) in the semifinals of the 2019 Changan Ford International Curling Elite in Xining, China;

Kovaleva finished 5-2 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kovaleva defeated Kayla Skrlik (Calgary, AB) 5-3, then went on to lose 4-3 against Yu Han (Beijing, CHN). Kovaleva responded with a 6-5 win over Susan Dudt (Malvern, PA). Kovaleva won 8-3 against Kim, then won 8-3 against Triin Madisson (Tallinn, EST) and 6-5 against Feltscher. Kovaleva went on to lose 9-2 against Daniela Jentsch (Fuessen, GER) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Changan Ford International Curling Elite Championship title, Kovaleva earned 31.852 world rankings points along with the $22,683CDN first prize cheque, moving up 7 spots the World Ranking Standings into 18th place overall with 226.174 total points. Kovaleva ranks 17th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 156.999 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

2019: Alina Kovaleva
Alina Kovaleva, Maria Komarova, Galina Arsenkina, Ekaterina Kuzmina, Anastasiia Danshina
Saint-Petersburg , RUS
2018: Daniela Jentsch
Daniela Jentsch, Emira Abbes, Analena Jentsch, Klara Fomm
Fuessen, GER
2017: Ursi Hegner
Ursi Hegner, Imogen Oona Lehmann, Nina Ledergerber, Claudia Baumann
Uzwil, SUI

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