Telnova/Puzanov Finishes Fourth at 2019 International Mixed Doubles Sochi

Games:	8
Record:	4W - 4L
PF/G:	7.33
PA/G:	8.67
Hammer Efficiency:	0.31
Steal Defense:	0.38
Force Efficiency:	0.48
Steal Efficiency:	0.32

Ekaterina Telnova/Artem Puzanov (Moscow, RUS) lost 10-3 to Hungary's Ildiko Szekeres/Gyorgy Nagy in the Bronze Medal game at the 2019 International Mixed Doubles Sochi in Sochi, Russia. of the 2019 International Mixed Doubles Sochi in Sochi, Russia; Ekaterina Telnova/Artem Puzanov (Moscow, RUS) lost 10-3 to Hungary's Ildiko Szekeres/Gyorgy Nagy in the Bronze Medal game at the 2019 International Mixed Doubles Sochi in Sochi, Russia. Telnova/Puzanov lost 9-5 to Margarita Fomina/Alexey Stukalsky (Moscow, RUS) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game. of the 2019 International Mixed Doubles Sochi in Sochi, Russia; and won 8-7 over Anastasia Moskaleva/Alexander Eremin (Moscow, RUS) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 International Mixed Doubles Sochi in Sochi, Russia;

Telnova/Puzanov finished 3-2 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Telnova/Puzanov defeated Alina Androsova/Felix Kaulfersch (Berlin, GER) 5-4, then went on to lose 6-4 against Jenny Perret/Martin Rios (Bern, SUI). Telnova/Puzanov responded with a 6-4 win over Russia's Daria Morozova/Daniil Goryachev. Telnova/Puzanov won 7-5 against Nina Polikarpova/Kirill Grekhnev (Irkutsk, RUS). Telnova/Puzanov went on to lose 7-6 against Sofia Tkach/Arseniy Meshkovich (Sochi, RUS) in their final qualifying round match.

With their fourth place finish at the International Mixed Doubles Sochi, Telnova/Puzanov take home 19.196 world rankings points along with 1332CDN, remaining in 668th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 19.196 total points. Telnova/Puzanov ranks 46th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 19.196 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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