Westman/Ahlberg To Play for Bronze at 2019 New Zealand Winter Games Mixed Doubles

Therese Westman/Robin Ahlberg (Stockholm, SWE) is set to play Tabitha Peterson/Joe Polo (Chaska, USA) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2019 New Zealand Winter Games Mixed Doubles in Naseby, New Zealand. of the 2019 New Zealand Winter Games Mixed Doubles in Naseby, New Zealand; After receiving a bye through the quarterfinals, Westman/Ahlberg lost 9-7 to Tahli Gill/Dean Hewitt (Brisbane, AUS) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game. of the 2019 New Zealand Winter Games Mixed Doubles in Naseby, New Zealand; of the 2019 New Zealand Winter Games Mixed Doubles in Naseby, New Zealand;

Westman/Ahlberg finished 4-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Westman/Ahlberg defeated Peterson/Polo 7-4, then went on to lose 8-7 against Holly Thompson/Anton Hood (Naseby, NZL). Westman/Ahlberg responded with a 7-3 win over Misako Den/Naofumi Den (Nagano, JPN). Westman/Ahlberg won 9-2 against Jennifer Westhagen/Matt Panoussi (Melbourne, AUS), then won 9-3 against Anna Maria Maurino/Fabrizio Gallo (Pinerolo, ITA) in their final qualifying round match.

With their third place finish at the New Zealand Winter Games Mixed Doubles, Westman/Ahlberg earn 14.203 world rankings points, remaining in 668th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 14.202 after improving upon their best so far this season. Westman/Ahlberg ranks 9th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 14.202 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

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

Team Marco Hoesli (Photo: Anil Mungal/GSOC) took down the world number one and two ranked teams to secure the first title of the season.

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