Palancsa/Kiss Finishes Fourth at 2021 Stadler European Mixed Doubles Invitational

Games:	7
Record:	5W - 2L
PF/G:	9.15
PA/G:	7.45
Hammer Efficiency:	0.32
Steal Defense:	0.36
Force Efficiency:	0.38
Steal Efficiency:	0.41

Dorottya Palancsa/Zsolt Kiss (Budapest, HUN) lost 9-3 to Jenny Perret/Martin Rios (Glarus, SUI) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2021 Stadler European Mixed Doubles Invitational in Biel, Switzerland. of the 2021 Stadler European Mixed Doubles Invitational in Biel, Switzerland; Dorottya Palancsa/Zsolt Kiss (Budapest, HUN) lost 9-3 to Jenny Perret/Martin Rios (Glarus, SUI) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2021 Stadler European Mixed Doubles Invitational in Biel, Switzerland. After receiving a bye through the quarterfinals, Palancsa/Kiss lost 8-2 to Stefania Constantini/Amos Mosaner (Trentino, ITA) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game. of the 2021 Stadler European Mixed Doubles Invitational in Biel, Switzerland; of the 2021 Stadler European Mixed Doubles Invitational in Biel, Switzerland;

Palancsa/Kiss finished 5-0 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Palancsa/Kiss defeated Perret/Rios 6-3, then won 7-6 against Constantini/Mosaner and 10-0 against Oona Kauste/Aku Kauste (Hyvinkaa, FIN). Palancsa/Kiss won 5-4 against Therese Vestman/Robin Ahlberg (Stockholm, SWE), then won 10-5 against Oihane Unanue/Mikel Unanue (San-Sebastian, ESP) in their final qualifying round match.

With their fourth place finish at the Stadler European Mixed Doubles Invitational, Palancsa/Kiss take home 29.124 world rankings points along with 827CDN, remaining in 778th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 181.206 total points. Palancsa/Kiss ranks 5th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 29.124 points earned so far this season.

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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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