Fomina/Stukalsky Reaches 2020 International Mixed Doubles Sochi Quarters

Margarita Fomina/Alexey Stukalsky (Moscow, RUS) qualified for the 2020 International Mixed Doubles Sochi playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 7-5 against Nkeiruka Ezekh/Sergei Glukhov (Moscow, RUS). of the 2020 International Mixed Doubles Sochi in Sochi, Russia;

Fomina/Stukalsky finished 4-1 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Fomina/Stukalsky lost 11-4 to Elizaveta Trukhina/Nikolay Lysakov (Irkutsk, RUS), then responded with a 10-4 win over Julia Bulavina/Evgeny Sokolov (Novosibirsk, RUS). Fomina/Stukalsky won 10-2 against Ekaterina Glebova/Artem Ruchkin (Sochi, RUS), then won 8-6 against Anastasia Sushkova/Kamil Karimov (Tatarstan, RUS) and 6-5 against Karoliine Kaare/Harri Lill (Tallinn, EST) in their final qualifying round match.

Fomina/Stukalsky earned 8.154 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the International Mixed Doubles Sochi, remaining in 668th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 1.434 after improving upon their best so far this season. Fomina/Stukalsky ranks 19th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 89.167 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

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