Kumar/Nadirbayev Finishes Fourth at 2021 Nazarbayev Curling Cup WCT Mixed Doubles

Games:	8
Record:	6W - 2L
PF/G:	9.32
PA/G:	7.80
Hammer Efficiency:	0.37
Steal Defense:	0.32
Force Efficiency:	0.39
Steal Efficiency:	0.36

Akgul Kumar/Azizbek Nadirbayev (Almaty, KAZ) lost 8-1 to Susanna Santti/Iikko Santti (Hyvinkaa, FIN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2021 Nazarbayev Curling Cup WCT Mixed Doubles in Almaty, Kazakhstan. of the 2021 Nazarbayev Curling Cup WCT Mixed Doubles in Almaty, Kazakhstan; Akgul Kumar/Azizbek Nadirbayev (Almaty, KAZ) lost 8-1 to Susanna Santti/Iikko Santti (Hyvinkaa, FIN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2021 Nazarbayev Curling Cup WCT Mixed Doubles in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Kumar/Nadirbayev lost 7-5 to Alevtina Muravieva/Andrey Suvorov (Saint-Petersburg, RUS) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game. of the 2021 Nazarbayev Curling Cup WCT Mixed Doubles in Almaty, Kazakhstan; and won 10-9 over Izzat Ergashova/Dimitriy Garagul (Almaty, KAZ) in the quarterfinals. of the 2021 Nazarbayev Curling Cup WCT Mixed Doubles in Almaty, Kazakhstan;

Kumar/Nadirbayev finished 5-0 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kumar/Nadirbayev defeated Ayazhan Zhumabek/Adil Zhumagozha (Almaty, KAZ) 7-6, then won 8-4 against Zhanat Dilbarkhanova/Alexander Kan (Almaty, KAZ) and 7-5 against Santti/Santti. Kumar/Nadirbayev won 9-4 against Dayanna Sakysh/Erkki Lill (Tallinn, EST), then won 8-3 against Regina Ebauyer/Viktor Kim (Almaty, KAZ) in their final qualifying round match.

With their fourth place finish at the Nazarbayev Curling Cup WCT Mixed Doubles, Kumar/Nadirbayev take home 11.717 world rankings points along with 2530CDN, remaining in 778th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 11.716 after improving upon their best so far this season. Kumar/Nadirbayev ranks 46th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 11.716 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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