CHAMPION: Perret/Rios Wins 2019 International Mixed Doubles Sochi

Games:	8
Record:	8W - 0L
PF/G:	11.79
PA/G:	4.29
Hammer Efficiency:	0.40
Steal Defense:	0.15
Force Efficiency:	0.81
Steal Efficiency:	0.56

Jenny Perret/Martin Rios (Bern, SUI) won 7-6 over Margarita Fomina/Alexey Stukalsky (Moscow, RUS) in the Final of the International Mixed Doubles Sochi, held November 7 - 10, 2019 in Sochi, Russia. To advance to the championship game, Perret/Rios won 6-3 over Hungary's Ildiko Szekeres/Gyorgy Nagy in the semifinals of the 2019 International Mixed Doubles Sochi in Sochi, Russia; and won 6-2 over Liudmila Privivkova/Artur Ali (Sochi, RUS) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 International Mixed Doubles Sochi in Sochi, Russia;

Perret/Rios finished 5-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Perret/Rios defeated Sofia Tkach/Arseniy Meshkovich (Sochi, RUS) 13-1, then won 6-4 against Ekaterina Telnova/Artem Puzanov (Moscow, RUS) and 11-2 against Nina Polikarpova/Kirill Grekhnev (Irkutsk, RUS). Perret/Rios won 11-1 against Alina Androsova/Felix Kaulfersch (Berlin, GER), then won 6-5 against Russia's Daria Morozova/Daniil Goryachev in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the International Mixed Doubles Sochi Championship title, Perret/Rios earned 35.992 world rankings points along with the $4,661CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 668th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 30.706 after improving upon their best so far this season. Perret/Rios ranks 3rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 93.622 points earned so far this season.

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WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

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