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.
