Ezekh/Glukhov Runner-Up at 2020 International Mixed Doubles Sochi

Games:	8
Record:	7W - 1L
PF/G:	11.21
PA/G:	7.76
Hammer Efficiency:	0.48
Steal Defense:	0.20
Force Efficiency:	0.33
Steal Efficiency:	0.45

Nkeiruka Ezekh/Sergei Glukhov (Moscow, RUS) lost 7-4 to Elizaveta Trukhina/Nikolay Lysakov (Irkutsk, RUS) in the Final of the International Mixed Doubles Sochi, held February 27 - March 1, 2020 in Sochi, Russia. To advance to the championship game, Ezekh/Glukhov won 9-7 over Valeria Denisenko/Kirill Palagney (Irkutsk, RUS) in the semifinals of the 2020 International Mixed Doubles Sochi in Sochi, Russia; and won 7-5 over Margarita Fomina/Alexey Stukalsky (Moscow, RUS) in the quarterfinals. of the 2020 International Mixed Doubles Sochi in Sochi, Russia;

Ezekh/Glukhov finished 5-0 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ezekh/Glukhov defeated Irina Poletaeva/Egor Volkov (Sochi, RUS) 12-7, then won 7-6 against Zuzana Paulova/Tomas Paul (Prague, CZE) and 10-8 against Denisenko/Palagney. Ezekh/Glukhov won 7-5 against Ksenia Strelkova/Roman Zhukovsky (Moscow, RUS), then won 9-0 against Anna Lukianchikova/Dmitry Krapivin (Krasnoyarsk, RUS) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the International Mixed Doubles Sochi, Ezekh/Glukhov take home 14.949 world rankings points along with the $2,677CDN prize. For week 32 of the event schedule, Ezekh/Glukhov did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Ezekh/Glukhov ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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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