Grace Cave/Jayden King (Tillsonburg, ON) lost
8-2 to
Serena Gray-Withers/Victor Pietrangelo (Edmonton, AB) in the Final of the Next Gen U25 Mixed Doubles, held August 29 - 31 at the Saville Community Sports Centre in Edmonton, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Cave/King won
7-5 over
Lindsey Burgess/Ben Morin (Edmonton, AB) in the semifinals of the Next Gen U25 Mixed Doubles in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; and won
9-6 over
Megan Smith/Dylan Niepage (Guelph, ON) in the quarterfinals. of the Next Gen U25 Mixed Doubles in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada;
Cave/King finished 4-1 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Cave/King defeated
Keelie Duncan/Michael Keenan (Calgary, AB) 8-1, then won
10-5 against
Sophia Ryhorchuk/Ronan Peterson (Edmonton, AB) and
8-3 against
Mackenzie Arbuckle/Aaron Macdonell (Winnipeg, MB). Cave/King went on to lose
8-7 against
Meaghan Mallett/Brendan Jackson (Ottawa, ON). Cave/King responded with a
8-4 win over
Emily Neary/Dylan Hancock (St. John's, NL) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Next Gen U25 Mixed Doubles, Cave/King take home
13.200 world rankings points along with the $2,000CDN prize. For week 6 of the event schedule, Cave/King did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 438th place on the
World Ranking Standings with
0.000 total points. Cave/King ranks 225th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
0.000 points earned so far this season.
