CHAMPION: Kauste/Kauste Wins 2022 WCT Tallinn Masters Mixed Doubles

Oona Kauste/Aku Kauste (Hyvinkaa, FIN) won 10-4 over Marie Kaldvee/Harri Lill (Tallinn, EST) in the Final of the WCT Tallinn Masters Mixed Doubles, held March 11 - 13, 2022 in Tallinn, Estonia. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Kauste/Kauste won 7-6 over Triin Madisson/Karl Kukner (Tallinn, EST) to advance to the championship game. of the 2022 WCT Tallinn Masters Mixed Doubles in Tallinn, Estonia; of the 2022 WCT Tallinn Masters Mixed Doubles in Tallinn, Estonia;

Kauste/Kauste finished 4-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kauste/Kauste defeated Anna Gromova/Eduard Veltsman (Tallinn, EST) 7-6, then won 9-3 against Karoliine Kaare/Andres Jakobson (Tallinn, EST) and 7-5 against Finland's Lotta Immonen/Markus Sipila. Kauste/Kauste won 12-4 against Akvile Rykove/Konstantin Rykov (Vilnius, LTU). Kauste/Kauste went on to lose 8-3 against Kaidi Elmik/Mihhail Vlassov (Tallinn, EST) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the WCT Tallinn Masters Mixed Doubles Championship title, Kauste/Kauste earned 19.308 world rankings points along with the $1,670CDN first prize cheque. Kauste/Kauste gained 16.578 points improving upon their best 6 events, though dropped 1 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 778thplace overall with 114.038 total points. Kauste/Kauste ranks 12th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 114.038 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	21	16	0	0.568	3-1	5-2	2-1	0-0	1-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	265	242	221	9.13	8.34	0.79	5.25	4.72	1.74	1.77	0.04

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	127	155	72	0	4-3	21-5	18-9	1.22	0.57	0.34	0.35

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	138	87	149	1	2-5	5-8	15-35	0.63	1.08	0.41	0.41

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