Paulova/Paul Runner-Up at WCT Slovakia Mixed Doubles Cup II

Zuzana Paulova/Tomas Paul (Prague, CZE) lost 6-4 to Yu Han/Qiang Zou (Beijing, CHN) in the Final of the WCT Slovakia Mixed Doubles Cup II, held March 14 - 17 in Bratislava, Slovakia. To advance to the championship game, Paulova/Paul won 9-4 over Ying Yang/Jiafeng Tian (Beijing, CHN) in the semifinals of the WCT Slovakia Mixed Doubles Cup II in Bratislava, Slovakia; and won 10-2 over Silvia Sykorova/Marek Sykora (Bratislava, SVK) in the quarterfinals. of the WCT Slovakia Mixed Doubles Cup II in Bratislava, Slovakia;

Paulova/Paul are currently 2-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Paulova/Paul defeated Paulina Hajduk/Jan Horacek (Bratislava, SVK) 10-8, then went on to lose 6-5 against Han/Zou. Paulova/Paul responded with a 10-2 win over Emma Erzsebet Szurmay/Bajan Kan Ferenci (Budapest, HUN). In their next game, Paulova/Paul plays.

With their runner-up finish at the WCT Slovakia Mixed Doubles Cup II, Paulova/Paul take home 5.500 world rankings points along with the $883CDN prize, remaining in 820th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 4.562 after improving upon their best so far this season. Paulova/Paul ranks 63rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 32.922 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	34	12	0	0.739	9-1	3-2	4-0	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	315	351	203	11.14	6.44	4.70	6.00	3.97	1.86	1.62	0.03

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	140	215	42	0	12-1	19-1	30-4	1.54	0.30	0.44	0.24

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	175	136	161	1	1-5	14-14	22-24	0.78	0.92	0.53	0.47

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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