Smith/Thomson2-2 at 2024 Mixed Doubles Players' Championship

Megan Smith/Doug Thomson (Newmarket, ON) finished 2-2 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Smith/Thomson defeated Madison Kleiter/Rylan Kleiter (Saskatoon, SK) 9-8, then went on to lose 10-6 against Lauren Wasylkiw/Shane Konings (Stouffville, ON). Smith/Thomson responded with a 6-2 win over Jaelyn Cotter/Jim Cotter (Vernon, BC). Smith/Thomson went on to lose 8-2 against Jennifer Jones/Brent Laing (Barrie, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

Smith/Thomson earned 4.875 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 29 of the event schedule, Smith/Thomson did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 54th to 56th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 24.750 total points. Smith/Thomson ranks 56th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 24.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	33	24	0	0.579	4-0	1-2	2-0	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	397	381	336	9.60	8.46	1.13	5.31	4.69	1.81	1.81	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	187	257	87	0	16-0	18-4	36-21	1.37	0.47	0.37	0.31

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	210	124	249	0	2-10	6-26	23-38	0.59	1.19	0.42	0.39

Team Marco Hoesli (Photo: Anil Mungal/GSOC) took down the world number one and two ranked teams to secure the first title of the season.

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