Otaegi/Unanue3-2 at 2024 Mixed Doubles Super Series

Oihane Otaegi/Mikel Unanue (San Sebastian, ESP) finished 3-2 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Otaegi/Unanue defeated Heather Smith/Owen Purcell (Halifax, NS) 6-4, then went on to lose 6-5 against Karlee Burgess/Jacques Gauthier (Winnipeg, MB). Otaegi/Unanue responded with a 11-3 win over Sarah Chaytor/David McCurdy (Halifax, NS). Otaegi/Unanue went on to lose 8-3 against Kristin Moen Skaslien/Magnus Nedregotten (Oslo, NOR). Otaegi/Unanue responded with a 8-3 win over Martine Roenning/Mathias Braenden (Lillehammer, NOR) in their final qualifying round match.

Otaegi/Unanue earned 6.750 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. Otaegi/Unanue gained -7.81 points improving upon their best 6 events, though dropped 5 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 36thplace overall with 50.128 total points. Otaegi/Unanue ranks 41st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 30.752 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	23	18	0	0.561	3-4	2-1	0-2	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	298	251	243	8.42	8.15	0.27	5.34	4.66	1.58	1.75	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	140	160	63	0	4-1	8-4	32-9	1.14	0.45	0.31	0.31

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	158	91	180	0	2-9	5-14	13-25	0.58	1.14	0.50	0.39

Sweden's Niklas Edin (photo: Anil Mungal/GSOC) is set to begin the Olympic season in Baden, Switzerland, at the Baden Masters.

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