Unanue/Unanue Finishes Fourth at 2021 HERACLES Mixed Doubles Slovakia Cup

Games:	7
Record:	4W - 3L
PF/G:	9.56
PA/G:	10.00
Hammer Efficiency:	0.41
Steal Defense:	0.41
Force Efficiency:	0.43
Steal Efficiency:	0.39

Oihane Unanue/Mikel Unanue (San-Sebastian, ESP) lost 8-6 to Martine Ronning/Mathias Braenden (Lillehammer, NOR) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2021 HERACLES Mixed Doubles Slovakia Cup in Bratislava, Slovakia. of the 2021 HERACLES Mixed Doubles Slovakia Cup in Bratislava, Slovakia; Oihane Unanue/Mikel Unanue (San-Sebastian, ESP) lost 8-6 to Martine Ronning/Mathias Braenden (Lillehammer, NOR) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2021 HERACLES Mixed Doubles Slovakia Cup in Bratislava, Slovakia. Unanue/Unanue lost 8-1 to Minji Kim/Kijeong Lee (Gangwon-do, KOR) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game. of the 2021 HERACLES Mixed Doubles Slovakia Cup in Bratislava, Slovakia; and won 9-8 over Marie Kaldvee/Harri Lill (Tallinn, EST) in the quarterfinals. of the 2021 HERACLES Mixed Doubles Slovakia Cup in Bratislava, Slovakia;

Unanue/Unanue finished 3-1 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Unanue/Unanue defeated Marta Szeliga-Frynia/Pawel Frynia (Lodz, POL) 7-3, then went on to lose 13-2 against Dorottya Palancsa/Zsolt Kiss (Budapest, HUN). Unanue/Unanue responded with a 11-0 win over Lucia Orokocka/Pavol Pitonak (Bratislava, SVK). Unanue/Unanue won 7-5 against Vera Kalocsai/Kristof Czermann (Budapest, HUN) in their final qualifying round match.

With their fourth place finish at the HERACLES Mixed Doubles Slovakia Cup, Unanue/Unanue take home 13.567 world rankings points, remaining in 778th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 8.97 after improving upon their best so far this season. Unanue/Unanue ranks 48th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 22.004 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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