Norrlander/Persson Finishes Fourth at 2023 Mixed Doubles Slovakia Cup 1

Games:	6
Record:	4W - 2L
PF/G:	8.94
PA/G:	7.23
Hammer Efficiency:	0.24
Steal Defense:	0.32
Force Efficiency:	0.62
Steal Efficiency:	0.36

Lisa Norrlander/Pontus Persson (Ostersund, SWE) lost 11-6 to Alexandra Adam/Zoltan Varkoly (Budapest, HUN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2023 Mixed Doubles Slovakia Cup 1 in Bratislava, Slovakia. of the 2023 Mixed Doubles Slovakia Cup 1 in Bratislava, Slovakia; Lisa Norrlander/Pontus Persson (Ostersund, SWE) lost 11-6 to Alexandra Adam/Zoltan Varkoly (Budapest, HUN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2023 Mixed Doubles Slovakia Cup 1 in Bratislava, Slovakia. Norrlander/Persson lost 8-6 to Silvia Sykorova/Marek Sykora (Bratislava, SVK) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game. of the 2023 Mixed Doubles Slovakia Cup 1 in Bratislava, Slovakia; and won 9-5 over Liza Gregori/Simon Langus (Ljubjana, SLO) in the quarterfinals.

Norrlander/Persson finished 3-0 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Norrlander/Persson defeated Emma Valachova/Pavol Pitonak (Bratislava, SVK) 7-3, then won 8-3 against Lucia Orokocka/Juraj Gallo (Bratislava, SVK) and 6-4 against Nataliya Artemova/Peter Gaedeke (Cologne, GER) in their final qualifying round match.

With their fourth place finish at the Mixed Doubles Slovakia Cup 1, Norrlander/Persson take home 2.000 world rankings points along with 299CDN, remaining in 208th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of -0.687 after improving upon their best so far this season. Norrlander/Persson ranks 163rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 1.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	10	11	0	0.476	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	156	139	132	8.91	8.46	0.45	5.13	4.81	1.74	1.76	0.06

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	83	89	56	0	6-2	8-2	7-8	1.07	0.67	0.25	0.46

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	73	50	76	1	1-6	3-6	6-7	0.68	1.04	0.49	0.48

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