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.
