Elmik/Kukner Reaches Estonia Mixed Doubles Nationals Semifinals

Kaidi Elmik/Karl Kukner (Tallinn, EST) run at the Estonia Mixed Doubles Nationals came to an end in the semifinals with a 7-4 loss to Marie Kaldvee/Harri Lill (Tallinn, EST). of the Estonia Mixed Doubles Nationals in Tallinn, Estonia;

Elmik/Kukner finished 5-2 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Elmik/Kukner defeated Estonia's Elisabeth Tammer/Mattias Jostov 12-4, then won 11-4 against Margit Peebo/Andres Jakobson (Tallinn, EST). Elmik/Kukner went on to lose 10-1 against Estonia's Anna Gromova/Erkki Lill. Elmik/Kukner responded with a 7-6 win over Estonia's Dariia Gudovski/Olev Gudovski. Elmik/Kukner won 6-5 against Estonia's Karoliine Kaare/Marten Padama. Elmik/Kukner went on to lose 9-7 against Kaldvee/Lill. Elmik/Kukner responded with a 11-3 win over Estonia's Hettel Weddro/Siim Rannel in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Estonia Mixed Doubles Nationals, Elmik/Kukner take home 13.750 world rankings points, dropping 13 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 820th place overall with 16.752 total points. Elmik/Kukner ranks 97th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 16.752 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	7	7	0	0.500	1-2	0-2	0-1	0-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	101	82	94	8.12	9.31	-1.19	5.15	4.85	1.58	1.92	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	50	57	28	0	2-0	3-2	10-7	1.14	0.56	0.30	0.34

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	51	25	66	0	0-6	1-5	4-4	0.49	1.29	0.53	0.37

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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