Grande/Ribotta Reaches 2023 Pinerolo Mixed Doubles Cup Quarters

Lucrezia Grande/Fabio Ribotta (Pinerolo, ITA) qualified for the 2023 Pinerolo Mixed Doubles Cup playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 6-3 against Giorgia Maurino/Simone Gonin (Pinerolo, ITA). of the 2023 Pinerolo Mixed Doubles Cup in Pinerolo, Italy;

Grande/Ribotta finished 4-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Grande/Ribotta defeated Caro van Oosterwyck/Jeroen Spruyt (Zemst, BEL) 7-4, then won 9-2 against Rebecca Mariani/Andrea Gilli (Pinerolo, ITA). Grande/Ribotta went on to lose 6-3 against Denise Pimpini/Alberto Pimpini (Pinerolo, ITA). Grande/Ribotta responded with a 10-0 win over Paulina Hajduk/Jan Horacek (Bratislava, SVK). Grande/Ribotta won 10-5 against Giada Zambelli/Jacopo Scappin (Cortina d'Ampezzo, ITA) in their final qualifying round match.

Grande/Ribotta earned 4.500 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Pinerolo Mixed Doubles Cup, dropping 19 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 742nd place overall with 9.562 total points. Grande/Ribotta ranks 169th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 9.562 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	10	11	0	0.476	2-2	3-3	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	150	144	119	9.60	7.93	1.67	5.40	4.60	1.78	1.72	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	69	85	34	0	4-0	10-0	9-8	1.23	0.49	0.33	0.38

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	81	59	85	0	2-5	2-8	10-10	0.73	1.05	0.47	0.47

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