Fakhurtdinova/Lysakov Reaches 2019 International Mixed Doubles Sochi Quarters

Alina Fakhurtdinova/Nikolay Lysakov (Irkutsk, RUS) qualified for the 2019 International Mixed Doubles Sochi playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 7-5 against Margarita Fomina/Alexey Stukalsky (Moscow, RUS). of the 2019 International Mixed Doubles Sochi in Sochi, Russia;

Fakhurtdinova/Lysakov finished 4-1 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Fakhurtdinova/Lysakov defeated Anna Venevtseva/Vasiliy Groshev (Krasnoyarsk, RUS) 8-6, then won 15-2 against Lidia Sanchirova/Evgeny Sokolov (Novosibirsk, RUS). Fakhurtdinova/Lysakov went on to lose 8-6 against Aleksandra Kardapoltseva/Mikhail Vaskov (Dmitrov, RUS). Fakhurtdinova/Lysakov responded with a 10-7 win over Switzerland's Daniela Rupp/Kevin Wunderlin. Fakhurtdinova/Lysakov won 8-3 against Ksenia Strelkova/Roman Zhukovsky (Moscow, RUS) in their final qualifying round match.

Fakhurtdinova/Lysakov earned 14.397 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the International Mixed Doubles Sochi, remaining in 668th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 14.396 after improving upon their best so far this season. Fakhurtdinova/Lysakov ranks 73rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 14.396 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

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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