CHAMPION: Immonen/Sipila Wins 2021 Nazarbayev Curling Cup WCT Mixed Doubles

Games:	8
Record:	8W - 0L
PF/G:	15.10
PA/G:	4.12
Hammer Efficiency:	0.76
Steal Defense:	0.00
Force Efficiency:	0.57
Steal Efficiency:	0.59

Lotta Immonen/Markus Sipila (Hyvinkaa, FIN) won 11-5 over Alevtina Muravieva/Andrey Suvorov (Saint-Petersburg, RUS) in the Final of the Nazarbayev Curling Cup WCT Mixed Doubles, held September 23 - 26, 2021 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. To advance to the championship game, Immonen/Sipila won 8-3 over Susanna Santti/Iikko Santti (Hyvinkaa, FIN) in the semifinals of the 2021 Nazarbayev Curling Cup WCT Mixed Doubles in Almaty, Kazakhstan; and won 10-4 over Angelina Ebauyer/Madiyar Korabayev (Almaty, KAZ) in the quarterfinals. of the 2021 Nazarbayev Curling Cup WCT Mixed Doubles in Almaty, Kazakhstan;

Immonen/Sipila finished 5-0 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Immonen/Sipila defeated Diana Targyn/Bagdat Akkazanov (Almaty, KAZ) 14-0, then won 5-4 against Sitora Alliyarova/Aidos Alliyar (Almaty, KAZ) and 11-3 against Zarina Seidakhankyzy/Damir Aldiyar (Almaty, KAZ). Immonen/Sipila won 8-1 against Tilsimay Alliyarova/Sergei Venevtsev (Krasnoyarsk, RUS), then won 10-1 against Izzat Ergashova/Dimitriy Garagul (Almaty, KAZ) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Nazarbayev Curling Cup WCT Mixed Doubles Championship title, Immonen/Sipila earned 21.969 world rankings points along with the $6,326CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 778th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 21.97 after improving upon their best so far this season. Immonen/Sipila ranks 19th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 21.970 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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