Vestman/Ahlberg5-0 at 2019 International Mixed Doubles St. Gallen

Games:	8
Record:	7W - 1L
PF/G:	11.86
PA/G:	6.10
Hammer Efficiency:	0.38
Steal Defense:	0.27
Force Efficiency:	0.56
Steal Efficiency:	0.52

Therese Vestman/Robin Ahlberg (Stockholm, SWE) finished 5-0 in the 17-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Vestman/Ahlberg defeated Switzerland's Stephanie Wild/Thomas Kupper 7-6, then won 11-3 against Margarita Fomina/Alexey Stukalskiy (Moscow, RUS) and 13-2 against Katja Schlegel/Sebastian Keiser (Zug, SUI). Vestman/Ahlberg won 12-5 against Switzerland's Cynthia Gertsch/Cyril Gertsch, then won 8-4 against Switzerland's Daniela Rupp/Kevin Wunderlin in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the International Mixed Doubles St. Gallen, Vestman/Ahlberg take home 25.839 world rankings points along with the $2,003CDN prize, remaining in 668th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 17.644 after improving upon their best so far this season. Vestman/Ahlberg ranks 8th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 50.154 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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