 Jenny Perret/Martin Rios (Glarus, Switzerland) wins the WCT Tallinn Mixed Doubles International, defeating Kristin Moen Skaslien/Magnus Nedregotten (Oslo, Norway) 6-5 at Tondiraba Ice Hall in Tallinn, Estonia. Perret/Rios take home the $914CDN first place cheque, while Skaslien/Nedregotten receives $609CDN for their second-place finish. Perret/Rios opened the scoring stealing 1 in the first end, added another steal in the second end, and then stole another in the third end. Skaslien/Nedregotten scored a single in the fourth end to trail 3-1, after which Perret/Rios responded in the fifth end scoring 2 more. Skaslien/Nedregotten scored 3 in the sixth end, then forced Perret/Rios to a single in the seventh end to give themselves a chance in the final end, but Skaslien/Nedregotten were held to a single in the eighth losing the game to Perret/Rios by a score of 6-5. In the semifinals, Perret/Rios defeated Daniela Rupp/Kevin Wunderlin (Zug, Switzerland) 9-2 and Skaslien/Nedregotten defeated Anastasia Moskaleva/Alexander Eremin (Moscow, Russia) 5-4. Moskaleva/Eremin. In the quarterfinals, Perret/Rios defeated Zuzana Paulova/Tomas Paul (Prague, CZE) 6-4. Perret/Rios went 4-1 in the 18 team round-robin pools qualifying round. In their opening game, Perret/Rios defeated Therese Westman/Robin Ahlberg (Stockholm, Sweden) 8-6, then won against Moskaleva/Eremin 9-5, and Iluta Linde/Arnis Veidemanis (Riga, LAT) 9-2. Perret/Rios got their fourth win against Sarah Cai Huijie/Lionel Loh Caihao (Singapore) 11-3, before losing to Eszter Juhasz/Markku Uusipaavalniemi (Hyvinkaa, Finland) 8-4 in their final qualifying round match. |
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After emerging on the global stage at senior level last month, Katie McMillan is feeling all the more ready for the challenge as she and partner Angus Bryce prepare to represent Scotland at the ACE & Company World Mixed Doubles Championships in Geneva over the next week (April 25 - May 2).
