CHAMPION: Moskaleva/Eremin Wins 2019 ISS WCT Moscow Mixed Doubles

Anastasia Moskaleva/Alexander Eremin (Moscow, RUS) won 8-5 over Kristina Dudko/Vladislav Velichko (Krasnoyarsk, RUS) in the Final of the ISS WCT Moscow Mixed Doubles, held December 20 - 24, 2019 in Moscow, Russia. To advance to the championship game, Moskaleva/Eremin won 8-7 over Russia's Daria Morozova/Daniil Goryachev in the semifinals of the 2019 ISS WCT Moscow Mixed Doubles in Moscow, Russia; and won 7-4 over Margarita Fomina/Alexey Stukalsky (Moscow, RUS) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 ISS WCT Moscow Mixed Doubles in Moscow, Russia;

Moskaleva/Eremin finished 2-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Moskaleva/Eremin lost 8-2 to Dudko/Velichko, then responded with a 8-7 win over Natalia Abramova/Victor Abramov (Moscow, RUS). Moskaleva/Eremin won 9-0 against Victoria Kulikova/Stepan Kindiukov (Moscow, RUS) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the ISS WCT Moscow Mixed Doubles Championship title, Moskaleva/Eremin earned 23.215 world rankings points along with the $2,000CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 668th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 8.818 after improving upon their best so far this season. Moskaleva/Eremin ranks 4th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 128.176 points earned so far this season.

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