Pfluegler/Hofer Reaches Mixed Doubles Slovakia Cup 1 Quarters

Astrid Pfluegler/Matthaus Hofer (Kitzbuehel, AUT) qualified for the Mixed Doubles Slovakia Cup 1 playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 7-5 against Lucia Orokocka/Juraj Gallo (Bratislava, SVK). of the Mixed Doubles Slovakia Cup 1 in Bratislava, Slovakia;

Pfluegler/Hofer finished 3-0 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Pfluegler/Hofer defeated Alexandra Adam/Zoltan Varkoly (Budapest, HUN) 9-6, then won 10-7 against Paulina Hajduk/Jan Horacek (Bratislava, SVK) and 13-3 against Nina Summerova/Karol Vidlar (Bratislava, SVK) in their final qualifying round match.

Pfluegler/Hofer earned 0.750 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Mixed Doubles Slovakia Cup 1, remaining in 806th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 5.626 total points. Pfluegler/Hofer ranks 93rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 5.626 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	10	10	0	0.500	0-2	1-2	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	145	133	130	9.17	8.97	0.21	4.90	5.10	1.87	1.76	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	76	93	48	0	5-1	10-3	12-7	1.22	0.63	0.36	0.41

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	69	40	82	0	2-3	2-9	4-12	0.58	1.19	0.44	0.38

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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