Kovaleva4-1 at Russian Worlds Qualification

SKIP
Alina
Kovaleva

Third
Maria
Komarova

Second
Galina
Arsenkina

Lead
Ekaterina
Kuzmina

Alina Kovaleva (Saint-Petersburg , RUS) finished 4-1 in the 2-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kovaleva defeated Anna Sidorova (Moscow, RUS) 7-6, then won 7-4 against Sidorova. Kovaleva went on to lose 8-4 against Sidorova. Kovaleva responded with a 9-8 win over Sidorova. Kovaleva won 8-3 against Sidorova in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Russian Worlds Qualification Championship title, Kovaleva earned 13.039 world rankings points. For week 30 of the event schedule, Kovaleva did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 10th to 11th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 237.658 total points. Kovaleva ranks 11th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 237.658 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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