Roenning/Braenden Runner-Up at WCT Tallinn Mixed Doubles International

Martine Roenning/Mathias Braenden (Lillehammer, NOR) lost 8-7 to Kristin Moen Skaslien/Magnus Nedregotten (Oslo, NOR) in the Final of the WCT Tallinn Mixed Doubles International, held September 21 - 24 in Tallinn, Estonia. To advance to the championship game, Roenning/Braenden won 7-4 over Marie Kaldvee/Harri Lill (Tallinn, EST) in the semifinals of the WCT Tallinn Mixed Doubles International in Tallinn, Estonia; and won 8-4 over Nora Oestgaard/Eskild Eriksen (Oslo, NOR) in the quarterfinals.

Roenning/Braenden finished 5-0 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Roenning/Braenden defeated Adela Walczak/Andrzej Augustyniak (Lodz, POL) 10-9, then won 6-4 against Lea Hueppi/Jonas Weiss (Dubendorf, SUI) and 9-4 against Therese Westman/Robin Ahlberg (Stockholm, SWE). Roenning/Braenden won 7-3 against Astrid Pfluegler/Mattaus Hofer (Kitzbuehel, AUT), then won 12-1 against Oestgaard/Eriksen in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the WCT Tallinn Mixed Doubles International, Roenning/Braenden take home 27.500 world rankings points along with the $1,436CDN prize, remaining in 806th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 175.250 total points. Roenning/Braenden ranks 7th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 27.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	28	6	0	0.824	6-1	5-1	2-2	0-0	0-2

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	236	256	142	10.85	6.02	4.83	5.97	4.03	1.82	1.49	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	99	173	18	0	12-0	10-0	29-3	1.75	0.18	0.52	0.15

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	137	83	124	0	0-4	5-6	16-19	0.61	0.91	0.64	0.42

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

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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