CHAMPION: Kovaleva Wins 2021 Russian Women's Curling Championship

SKIP
Alina
Kovaleva

Third
Maria
Komarova

Second
Galina
Arsenkina

Lead
Ekaterina
Kuzmina

Alina Kovaleva (Saint-Petersburg, RUS) won 8-3 over Anna Sidorova (Sochi, RUS) in the Final of the Russian Women's Curling Championship, held December 11 - 17, 2020 in Sochi, Russia.

Kovaleva finished 8-1 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kovaleva defeated Margarita Evdokimova (St. Petersburg, RUS) 5-4, then won 6-5 against Alina Biktimirova (Moscow, RUS) and 7-6 against Vlada Rumiantseva (Dmitrov, RUS). Kovaleva won 8-1 against Evgenia Mamykina (Moscow, RUS), then won 7-4 against Irina Nizovtseva (St. Petersburg, RUS) and 9-2 against Olga Kotelnikova (Dmitrov, RUS). Kovaleva won 9-2 against Anastasia Babarykina (St. Petersburg, RUS), then won 9-4 against Elizaveta Trukhina (Irkutsk, RUS). Kovaleva went on to lose 7-5 against Sidorova in their final qualifying round match.

Kovaleva ranks 138th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 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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