Palancsa/Kiss Runner-Up at 2021 HERACLES Mixed Doubles Slovakia Cup

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	12.13
PA/G:	6.38
Hammer Efficiency:	0.45
Steal Defense:	0.15
Force Efficiency:	0.54
Steal Efficiency:	0.48

Dorottya Palancsa/Zsolt Kiss (Budapest, HUN) lost 6-3 to Minji Kim/Kijeong Lee (Gangwon-do, KOR) in the Final of the HERACLES Mixed Doubles Slovakia Cup, held October 28 - 31, 2021 in Bratislava, Slovakia. To advance to the championship game, Palancsa/Kiss won 6-5 over Martine Ronning/Mathias Braenden (Lillehammer, NOR) in the semifinals of the 2021 HERACLES Mixed Doubles Slovakia Cup in Bratislava, Slovakia; and won 9-7 over Adela Walczak/Andrzej Augustyniak (Lodz, POL) in the quarterfinals. of the 2021 HERACLES Mixed Doubles Slovakia Cup in Bratislava, Slovakia;

Palancsa/Kiss finished 4-0 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Palancsa/Kiss defeated Lucia Orokocka/Pavol Pitonak (Bratislava, SVK) 8-4, then won 13-2 against Oihane Unanue/Mikel Unanue (San-Sebastian, ESP) and 9-1 against Vera Kalocsai/Kristof Czermann (Budapest, HUN). Palancsa/Kiss won 9-5 against Marta Szeliga-Frynia/Pawel Frynia (Lodz, POL) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the HERACLES Mixed Doubles Slovakia Cup, Palancsa/Kiss take home 18.655 world rankings points along with the $864CDN prize. For week 14 of the event schedule, Palancsa/Kiss did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 778th place on the World Ranking Standings with 211.608 total points. Palancsa/Kiss ranks 6th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 59.526 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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