Westman/Ahlberg Runner-Up at Mixed Doubles Karlstad

Games:	7
Record:	5W - 2L
PF/G:	9.81
PA/G:	7.31
Hammer Efficiency:	0.52
Steal Defense:	0.26
Force Efficiency:	0.47
Steal Efficiency:	0.32

Therese Westman/Robin Ahlberg (Stockholm, SWE) lost 7-4 to Tori Koana/Go Aoki (Yamanashi, JPN) in the Final of the Mixed Doubles Karlstad, held October 9 - 12 in Karlstad, Sweden. To advance to the championship game, Westman/Ahlberg won 7-6 over Zixuan Ye/Sen Yu (Beijing, CHN) in the semifinals of the Mixed Doubles Karlstad in Karlstad, Sweden; and won 7-3 over Li Jun Zhang/Zhi Yu Wang (Beijing, CHN) in the quarterfinals. of the Mixed Doubles Karlstad in Karlstad, Sweden;

Westman/Ahlberg finished 3-1 in the 14-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Westman/Ahlberg defeated Berfin Sengul/Bilal Omer Cakir (Erzurum, TUR) 9-7, then won 9-1 against Ye/Yu. Westman/Ahlberg went on to lose 9-5 against Kristin Moen Skaslien/Magnus Nedregotten (Oslo, NOR). Westman/Ahlberg responded with a 10-5 win over Katrina Gaidule/Roberts Buncis (Riga, LAT) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Mixed Doubles Karlstad, Westman/Ahlberg take home 24.750 world rankings points along with the $1,500CDN prize. For week 12 of the event schedule, Westman/Ahlberg did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Westman/Ahlberg ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

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