Alina Kovaleva (Saint-Petersburg, RCF) finished 6-3 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kovaleva defeated
Daniela Jentsch (Fuessen, GER) 12-5, then won
11-4 against
Veronica Zappone (Trentino, ITA) and
8-7 against
Iveta Stasa-Sarsune (Riga, LAT). Kovaleva went on to lose
10-9 against
Anna Kubeskova (Prague, CZE). Kovaleva lost
6-5 to
Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI). Kovaleva lost
8-7 to
Anna Hasselborg (Sundbyberg, SWE) where Kovaleva responded with a
6-3 win over
Oona Kauste (Aland, FIN). Kovaleva won
8-7 against
Eve Muirhead (Stirling, SCO), then won
12-5 against
Madeleine Dupont (Hvidovre, DEN) in their final qualifying round match.
Kovaleva earned
24.898 world rankings points for their Top 4 finish in the Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships, moving up 2 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 17th place overall with
210.699 total points. Kovaleva ranks 6th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
178.640 points earned so far this season.
