Tori Koana/Go Aoki (Yamanashi, JPN) won
7-4 over
Therese Westman/Robin Ahlberg (Stockholm, SWE) in the Final of the Mixed Doubles Karlstad, held October 9 - 12 in Karlstad, Sweden. To advance to the championship game, Koana/Aoki won
7-2 over
Lucrezia Grande/Stefano Spiller (Pinerolo, ITA) in the semifinals of the Mixed Doubles Karlstad in Karlstad, Sweden; and won
9-5 over
Briar Schwaller/Yannick Schwaller (Bern, SUI) in the quarterfinals. of the Mixed Doubles Karlstad in Karlstad, Sweden;
Koana/Aoki finished 2-1 in the 14-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Koana/Aoki lost
10-4 to
Li Jun Zhang/Zhi Yu Wang (Beijing, CHN), then responded with a
11-5 win over
Martine Roenning/Grunde Buraas (Lillehammer, NOR). Koana/Aoki won
10-7 against
Adela Walczak/Andrzej Augustyniak (Lodz, POL) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Mixed Doubles Karlstad Championship title, Koana/Aoki earned
33.750 world rankings points along with the $2,000CDN first prize cheque. For week of the event schedule, Koana/Aoki did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the
World Ranking Standings with
total points. Koana/Aoki ranks th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
points earned so far this season.
