Kim/Jeong Reaches Mixed Doubles Super Series

Jiyoon Kim/ByeongJin Jeong (Seoul, KOR) qualified for the Mixed Doubles Super Series - Oakville playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 8-7 against Cory Thiesse/Korey Dropkin (Duluth, MN).

Kim/Jeong finished 3-2 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kim/Jeong defeated Lauren Wasylkiw/Shane Konings (Stouffville, ON) 8-0, then won 7-6 against Casandra Spruit/Geoff Spruit (Winchester, ON) and 8-6 against Laura Walker/Kirk Muyres (Edmonton, AB). Kim/Jeong went on to lose 7-3 against Tori Koana/Go Aoki (Karuizawa, JPN). Kim/Jeong lost 6-5 to Kristin Moen Skaslien/Magnus Nedregotten (Oslo, NOR) in their final qualifying round match.

Kim/Jeong earned 21.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Mixed Doubles Super Series - Oakville, remaining in 806th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 12.344 after improving upon their best so far this season. Kim/Jeong ranks 27th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 40.126 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	15	5	0	0.750	3-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	143	147	95	10.28	6.64	3.64	5.80	4.20	1.77	1.58	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	67	99	23	0	7-0	7-3	12-1	1.48	0.34	0.39	0.24

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	76	48	72	0	1-4	1-2	11-11	0.63	0.95	0.61	0.42

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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