CHAMPION: Moskaleva/Eremin Wins 2020 WCT Tallinn Masters Mixed Doubles

Games:	8
Record:	7W - 1L
PF/G:	11.50
PA/G:	5.83
Hammer Efficiency:	0.52
Steal Defense:	0.08
Force Efficiency:	0.58
Steal Efficiency:	0.46

Anastasia Moskaleva/Alexander Eremin (Moscow, RUS) won 9-7 over Kristin Moen Skaslien/Magnus Nedregotten (Oppdal, NOR) in the Final of the WCT Tallinn Masters Mixed Doubles, held February 14 - 16, 2020 in Tallinn, Estonia. To advance to the championship game, Moskaleva/Eremin won 7-6 over Switzerland's Daniela Rupp/Kevin Wunderlin in the semifinals of the 2020 WCT Tallinn Masters Mixed Doubles in Tallinn, Estonia; and won 8-6 over Scotland's Fraser Kingan/Jayne Stirling in the quarterfinals. of the 2020 WCT Tallinn Masters Mixed Doubles in Tallinn, Estonia;

Moskaleva/Eremin finished 4-1 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Moskaleva/Eremin defeated Zuzanna Rybicka/Bartosz Dzikowski (Lodz, POL) 9-1, then went on to lose 7-6 against Switzerland's Daniela Rupp/Kevin Wunderlin. Moskaleva/Eremin responded with a 14-0 win over Daina Barone/Arnis Veidemanis (Riga, LAT). Moskaleva/Eremin won 6-5 against Marie Turmann/Harri Lill (Tallinn, EST), then won 10-3 against Bonnie Nilhamn/Paavo Kuosmanen (NED/FIN, www) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the WCT Tallinn Masters Mixed Doubles Championship title, Moskaleva/Eremin earned 40.620 world rankings points along with the $1,724CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 668th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of -12.72 after improving upon their best so far this season. Moskaleva/Eremin ranks 4th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 154.400 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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