Kovaleva Reaches 2019 International Bernese Ladies Cup Quarters

SAINT-PETERSBURG, Russia

SKIP
Alina
Kovaleva

Third
Anastasia
Bryzgalova

Second
Uliana
Vasilyeva

Lead
Ejkaterina
Kuzmina

Alina Kovaleva (SAINT-PETERSBURG, RUS) qualified for the 2019 International Bernese Ladies Cup playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 8-5 against Min Ji Kim (chuncheon city, KOR). of the 2019 International Bernese Ladies Cup in Bern, Switzerland;

Kovaleva finished 3-0 in the 24 team International Bernese Ladies Cup qualifying round, held January 10 - 13, 2019 in , . In their opening game, Kovaleva defeated Michelle Schlachter (Bern, SUI) 10-2, then won 7-2 against Seina Nakajima (Nagano, JPN) and 5-4 against Binia Feltscher (Switzerland, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.

Kovaleva earned 14.787 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the International Bernese Ladies Cup. Kovaleva gained -5.343 points improving upon their best 8 events, though dropped 1 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 12thplace overall with 228.815 total points. Kovaleva ranks 7th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 218.129 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2019	3	1	0	0.750	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
2019	30	27	16	9.00	5.33	3.67	5.33	4.00	1.69	1.33	0.67

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2019	16	20	4	1	0-0	1-0	6-1	1.25	0.25	0.47	0.19

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2019	14	7	12	1	0-0	1-0	1-3	0.50	0.86	0.67	0.29

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Oberwallis, SUI
2019: Anna Sidorova
Anna Sidorova, Margarita Fomina, Julia Portunova, Julia Guzieva
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2018: Bingyu Wang
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