Jones/Laing Reaches 2023 Mixed Doubles Super Series

Jennifer Jones/Brent Laing (Barrie, ON) qualified for the 2023 Mixed Doubles Super Series - Oakville playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 8-3 against Alina Paetz/Sven Michel (Zurich, SUI). of the 2023 Mixed Doubles Super Series - Oakville in Oakville, Ontario, Canada;

Jones/Laing finished 3-2 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Jones/Laing defeated Kimberly Tuck/Wesley Forget (Strathroy, ON) 10-2, then went on to lose 9-6 against Jenny Perret/Martin Rios (Glarus, SUI). Jones/Laing responded with a 8-1 win over Tahli Gill/Dean Hewitt (Brisbane, AUS). Jones/Laing won 6-5 against Marlee Powers/Luke Saunders (Halifax, NS). Jones/Laing went on to lose 6-2 against Cory Thiesse/Korey Dropkin (Duluth, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

Jones/Laing earned 21.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Mixed Doubles Super Series - Oakville, remaining in 806th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of -6.266 after improving upon their best so far this season. Jones/Laing ranks 18th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 49.626 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	21	14	0	0.600	2-1	1-0	0-1	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	243	229	170	9.42	7.00	2.43	5.27	4.73	1.79	1.48	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	122	147	61	0	6-0	15-2	20-11	1.20	0.50	0.34	0.38

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	121	82	109	0	1-3	9-3	8-24	0.68	0.90	0.57	0.43

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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