India's Akgul Kumar/P.N. Raju Runner-Up at 2022 21st Kazakhstan Cup WCT Mixed Doubles

India's Akgul Kumar/P.N. Raju lost 8-2 to Kristina Kolykhalova/Muzdybay Kudaibergenov (Almaty, KAZ) in the Final of the 21st Kazakhstan Cup WCT Mixed Doubles, held May 26 - 29, 2022 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. To advance to the championship game, India's Akgul Kumar/P.N. Raju won 8-7 over Yelizaveta Utochko/Dmitry Garagul (Almaty, KAZ) in the semifinals of the 2022 21st Kazakhstan Cup WCT Mixed Doubles in Almaty, Kazakhstan;

India's Akgul Kumar/P.N. Raju finished 4-1 in the 11-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, India's Akgul Kumar/P.N. Raju defeated Svetlana Kan/Arman Irjanov (Seoul, KOR) 8-3, then won 10-6 against Ulmeken Zhubandyk/Ilya Maramygin (Almaty, KAZ) and 8-3 against Regina Ebauyer/Azizbek Nadirbayev (Almaty, KAZ). India's Akgul Kumar/P.N. Raju went on to lose 9-6 against Kolykhalova/Kudaibergenov. India's Akgul Kumar/P.N. Raju responded with a 12-1 win over Angelina Ebauyer/Viktor Kim (Almaty, KAZ) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the 21st Kazakhstan Cup WCT Mixed Doubles, India's Akgul Kumar/P.N. Raju take home 6.224 world rankings points along with the $2,000CDN prize. India's Akgul Kumar/P.N. Raju move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 3.324 points improving upon their best 6 results so far this season, ranking 777th overall with 15.040 total points on the World Ranking Standings. India's Akgul Kumar/P.N. Raju ranks 116th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 15.040 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	6	2	0	0.750	4-1	2-1	2-0	1-0	1-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	59	55	46	9.32	7.80	1.53	5.08	4.75	1.83	1.64	0.17

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	31	41	13	1	3-0	3-1	5-1	1.32	0.42	0.37	0.32

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	28	14	33	0	0-0	0-4	4-7	0.50	1.18	0.39	0.36

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