CHAMPION: Kolykhalova/Kudaibergenov Wins 2022 21st Kazakhstan Cup WCT Mixed Doubles

Kristina Kolykhalova/Muzdybay Kudaibergenov (Almaty, KAZ) won 8-2 over India's Akgul Kumar/P.N. Raju 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, Kolykhalova/Kudaibergenov won 6-2 over Uzbekistan's Tilsmay Alliyarova/Ondasyn Artikbaev in the semifinals

Kolykhalova/Kudaibergenov finished 5-0 in the 11-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kolykhalova/Kudaibergenov defeated Ulmeken Zhubandyk/Ilya Maramygin (Almaty, KAZ) 11-5, then won 8-3 against Angelina Ebauyer/Viktor Kim (Almaty, KAZ) and 7-3 against Svetlana Kan/Arman Irjanov (Seoul, KOR). Kolykhalova/Kudaibergenov won 9-6 against India's Akgul Kumar/P.N. Raju, then won 12-6 against Regina Ebauyer/Azizbek Nadirbayev (Almaty, KAZ) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the 21st Kazakhstan Cup WCT Mixed Doubles Championship title, Kolykhalova/Kudaibergenov earned 8.487 world rankings points along with the $4,000CDN first prize cheque. Kolykhalova/Kudaibergenov move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 8.488 points improving upon their best 6 results so far this season, ranking 777th overall with 8.488 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Kolykhalova/Kudaibergenov ranks 179th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 8.488 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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