Muravieva/Suvorov Runner-Up at 2021 Nazarbayev Curling Cup WCT Mixed Doubles

Games:	8
Record:	7W - 1L
PF/G:	12.55
PA/G:	5.64
Hammer Efficiency:	0.59
Steal Defense:	0.18
Force Efficiency:	0.60
Steal Efficiency:	0.52

Alevtina Muravieva/Andrey Suvorov (Saint-Petersburg, RUS) lost 11-5 to Lotta Immonen/Markus Sipila (Hyvinkaa, FIN) 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, Muravieva/Suvorov won 7-5 over Akgul Kumar/Azizbek Nadirbayev (Almaty, KAZ) in the semifinals of the 2021 Nazarbayev Curling Cup WCT Mixed Doubles in Almaty, Kazakhstan; and won 10-3 over Sitora Alliyarova/Aidos Alliyar (Almaty, KAZ) in the quarterfinals. of the 2021 Nazarbayev Curling Cup WCT Mixed Doubles in Almaty, Kazakhstan;

Muravieva/Suvorov finished 5-0 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Muravieva/Suvorov defeated Marina Reimova/Vyacheslav Maloivan (Almaty, KAZ) 7-1, then won 12-2 against Merey Tastemir/Mohammed Saleh (Kabul, AFG) and 10-2 against Malika Kadylzhanova/Artyom Supanev (Almaty, KAZ). Muravieva/Suvorov won 8-6 against Angelina Ebauyer/Madiyar Korabayev (Almaty, KAZ), then won 10-1 against Zarina Sarsekeyeva/Dastan Zhanibekov (Almaty, KAZ) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Nazarbayev Curling Cup WCT Mixed Doubles, Muravieva/Suvorov take home 16.111 world rankings points along with the $4,428CDN prize, remaining in 778th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 16.11 after improving upon their best so far this season. Muravieva/Suvorov ranks 29th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 16.110 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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