Kauste/Kauste Reaches 2021 ISS Mixed Doubles Lodz Quarters

Oona Kauste/Aku Kauste (Hyvinkaa, FIN) qualified for the 2021 ISS Mixed Doubles Lodz playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 9-2 against Daniela Rupp/Kevin Wunderlin (Zug, SUI).

Kauste/Kauste finished 4-1 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kauste/Kauste defeated Ewa Nogly/Konrad Stych (Lodz, POL) 8-7, then went on to lose 8-5 against Zuzana Paulova/Tomas Paul (Prague, CZE). Kauste/Kauste responded with a 7-2 win over Triin Madisson/Karl Kukner (Tallinn, EST). Kauste/Kauste won 9-5 against Susanna Santti/Iikko Santti (Hyvinkaa, FIN), then won 10-1 against Aleksandra Bylina/Karol Nowakowski (Lodz, POL) in their final qualifying round match.

Kauste/Kauste earned 17.134 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the ISS Mixed Doubles Lodz, remaining in 778th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 14.404 after improving upon their best so far this season. Kauste/Kauste ranks 22nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 49.588 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

2023: Kristin Moen Skaslien
Kristin Moen Skaslien, Magnus Nedregotten
Oslo, NOR
2022: Lea Hueppi
Lea Hueppi, Jonas Weiss
Dubendorf, SUI
2021: Daniela Rupp
Daniela Rupp, Kevin Wunderlin
Zug, SUI
2019: Ildiko Szekeres
Ildiko Szekeres, Gyorgy Nagy
, HUN

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