Gionest/Desjardins2-3 at 2024 Mixed Doubles Super Series

Anne Sophie Gionest/Robert Desjardins (Chicoutimi, QC) finished 2-3 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gionest/Desjardins lost 6-3 to Tori Koana/Go Aoki (Karuizawa, JPN), then responded with a 7-6 win over Jill Brothers/Graeme Weagle (Halifax, NS). Gionest/Desjardins won 9-2 against Cailey Locke/Simon Perry (NL, CAN). Gionest/Desjardins went on to lose 10-3 against Marie Kaldvee/Harri Lill (Tallinn, EST). Gionest/Desjardins lost 10-4 to Jiyoon Kim/ByeongJin Jeong (Seoul, KOR) in their final qualifying round match.

Gionest/Desjardins earned 4.500 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, remaining in 806th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 3.187 after improving upon their best so far this season. Gionest/Desjardins ranks 11th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 72.939 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	31	13	0	0.705	8-1	4-2	4-0	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	302	291	211	9.64	6.99	2.65	5.33	4.64	1.81	1.51	0.03

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	149	205	61	1	11-0	21-2	28-8	1.38	0.41	0.41	0.33

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	153	86	150	0	0-5	5-8	14-28	0.56	0.98	0.55	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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