CHAMPION: Skaslien/Nedregotten Wins 2019 WCT Tallinn Mixed Doubles International

Kristin Moen Skaslien/Magnus Nedregotten (Oppdal, NOR) won 7-6 over Zuzana Paulova/Tomas Paul (Prague, CZE) in the Final of the WCT Tallinn Mixed Doubles International, held September 20 - 22, 2019 in Tallinn, Estonia. To advance to the championship game, Skaslien/Nedregotten won 6-4 over Jenny Perret/Martin Rios (Bern, SUI) in the semifinals of the 2019 WCT Tallinn Mixed Doubles International in Tallinn, Estonia; and won 7-5 over Russia's Daria Morozova/Daniil Goryachev in the quarterfinals.

Skaslien/Nedregotten finished 4-1 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Skaslien/Nedregotten lost 6-2 to Marie Turmann/Harri Lill (Tallinn, EST), then responded with a 7-2 win over Dorottya Palancsa/Zsolt Kiss (Budapest, HUN). Skaslien/Nedregotten won 7-3 against Margarita Fomina/Alexey Stukalsky (Moscow, RUS), then won 9-7 against Switzerland's Stephanie Wild/Thomas Kupper and 7-4 against Hyeji Jang/Yujin Seong (Uiseong, KOR) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the WCT Tallinn Mixed Doubles International Championship title, Skaslien/Nedregotten earned 54.643 world rankings points along with the $875CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 668th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 54.642 after improving upon their best so far this season. Skaslien/Nedregotten ranks 4th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 54.642 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

2023: Kristin Moen Skaslien
Kristin Moen Skaslien, Magnus Nedregotten
Oslo, NOR
2022: Martine Roenning
Martine Roenning, Mathias Braenden
Lillehammer, NOR
2021: Zuzana Paulova
Zuzana Paulova, Tomas Paul
Prague, CZE
2019: Kristin Moen Skaslien
Kristin Moen Skaslien, Magnus Nedregotten
Oppdal, NOR
2018: Jenny Perret
Jenny Perret, Martin Rios
Glarus, SUI
2017: Marie Kaldvee
Marie Kaldvee, Harri Lill
Tallinn, EST

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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