Zheng/Pietrangelo Runner-Up at 2023 Next Gen U25 Mixed Doubles

Jessica Zheng/Victor Pietrangelo (Niagara Falls, ON) lost 8-3 to Kayla MacMillan/Sterling Middleton (Vancouver, BC) in the Final of the Next Gen U25 Mixed Doubles, held September 2 - 4, 2023 at the Saville Community Sports Centre in Edmonton, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Zheng/Pietrangelo won 7-4 over Madison Kleiter/Rylan Kleiter (Saskatoon, SK) in the semifinals of the 2023 Next Gen U25 Mixed Doubles in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; and won 7-3 over Sarah Bailey/Dylan Sipura (Georgetown, ON) in the quarterfinals.

Zheng/Pietrangelo finished 4-1 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Zheng/Pietrangelo defeated 's Allie Iskiw/Chloe Fediuk 8-5, then won 7-6 against Anna Munroe/Steven Leong (Edmonton, AB). Zheng/Pietrangelo went on to lose 7-6 against Jessica Wytrychowski/Michael Dumont (Calgary, AB). Zheng/Pietrangelo responded with a 12-6 win over Cailey Locke/Simon Perry (NL, CAN). Zheng/Pietrangelo won 6-4 against Bailey/Sipura in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Next Gen U25 Mixed Doubles, Zheng/Pietrangelo take home 11.000 world rankings points along with the $2,000CDN prize, remaining in 806th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 77.250 total points. Zheng/Pietrangelo ranks 11th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 11.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	26	11	0	0.703	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	263	266	199	10.11	7.57	2.55	5.25	4.68	1.93	1.62	0.08

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	129	171	64	0	10-0	12-4	31-10	1.33	0.50	0.41	0.36

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	134	95	135	2	1-5	11-11	15-21	0.71	1.01	0.52	0.41

Gangwon Province's Park Jong-duk (Photo: Steve Seixeiro/WCF) will try to make it a second straight national title this week in Uijeongbu.

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