Smith5-3 at World Mixed Doubles Qualification Event 2023

Courtney Smith (Naseby, NZL) finished 5-3 in the 26-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Smith defeated Fabiana Cristina De Souza Campos (Sao Paulo, BRA) 10-2, then won 8-6 against Lina Januleviciute (Vilnius, LTU) and 9-3 against Caro van Oosterwyck (Zemst, BEL). Smith went on to lose 7-2 against Ying Yang (Beijing, CHN). Smith lost 7-6 to Lotta Immonen (Espoo, FIN). Smith lost 8-3 to Silvia Sykorova (Bratislava, SVK) where Smith responded with a 10-6 win over Ling-Yue Hung (Hong Kong, HKG). Smith won 6-5 against Immonen in their final qualifying round match.

Smith earned 8.500 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the World Mixed Doubles Qualification Event 2023, remaining in 806th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 7 after improving upon their best so far this season. Smith ranks 62nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 14.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	14	6	0	0.700	0-0	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	132	142	80	10.76	6.06	4.70	5.91	4.02	1.82	1.51	0.08

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	61	93	21	1	7-0	7-1	11-3	1.52	0.34	0.42	0.26

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	71	49	59	0	0-1	3-3	9-12	0.69	0.83	0.57	0.48

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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