Barone/Veidemanis Runner-Up at 2022 WCT Tallinn Mixed Doubles International

Games:	8
Record:	4W - 4L
PF/G:	8.20
PA/G:	9.51
Hammer Efficiency:	0.37
Steal Defense:	0.37
Force Efficiency:	0.40
Steal Efficiency:	0.35

Daina Barone/Arnis Veidemanis (Riga, LAT) lost 10-7 to Martine Roenning/Mathias Braenden (Lillehammer, NOR) in the Final of the WCT Tallinn Mixed Doubles International, held September 22 - 25, 2022 in Tallinn, Estonia. To advance to the championship game, Barone/Veidemanis won 10-7 over Pia-Lisa Schoell/Klaudius Harsch (Oberstorf, GER) in the semifinals of the 2022 WCT Tallinn Mixed Doubles International in Tallinn, Estonia; and won 9-8 over Marie Kaldvee/Harri Lill (Tallinn, EST) in the quarterfinals. of the 2022 WCT Tallinn Mixed Doubles International in Tallinn, Estonia;

Barone/Veidemanis finished 2-3 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Barone/Veidemanis defeated Susanna Santti/Iikko Santti (Hyvinkaa, FIN) 7-6, then won 8-5 against Kaidi Elmik/Mihhail Vlassov (Tallinn, EST). Barone/Veidemanis went on to lose 8-4 against Maia Ramsfjell/Magnus Ramsfjell (Trondheim, NOR). Barone/Veidemanis lost 8-2 to Schoell/Harsch. Barone/Veidemanis lost 6-3 to Lucrezia Grande/Fabio Ribotta (Pinerolo, ITA) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the WCT Tallinn Mixed Doubles International, Barone/Veidemanis take home 27.500 world rankings points along with the $1,055CDN prize. For week 8 of the event schedule, Barone/Veidemanis did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Barone/Veidemanis ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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: Martine Roenning
Martine Roenning, Mathias Braenden
Lillehammer, NOR
2021: Zuzana Paulova
Zuzana Paulova, Tomas Paul
Prague, CZE
2019: Kristin Moen Skaslien
Kristin Moen Skaslien, Magnus Nedregotten
Oppdal, NOR
2018: Jenny Perret
Jenny Perret, Martin Rios
Glarus, SUI
2017: Marie Kaldvee
Marie Kaldvee, Harri Lill
Tallinn, EST

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