Farrell/Thurston Runner-Up at 2023 Dutch Masters Mixed Doubles

Games:	7
Record:	4W - 3L
PF/G:	7.65
PA/G:	9.41
Hammer Efficiency:	0.19
Steal Defense:	0.42
Force Efficiency:	0.40
Steal Efficiency:	0.40

Cora Farrell/Coleman Thurston (Chaska, MN) lost 9-3 to Sarah Clifford/Oliver Rosenkrands Soee (Hvidovre, DEN) in the Final of the Dutch Masters Mixed Doubles, held January 13 - 15, 2023 in Zoetermeer, Netherlands. To advance to the championship game, Farrell/Thurston won 6-5 over Ashley Waye/Rob Retchless (Toronto, ON) in the semifinals of the 2023 Dutch Masters Mixed Doubles in Zoetermeer, Netherlands; and won 11-8 over Caro van Oosterwyck/Jeroen Spruyt (Zemst, BEL) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 Dutch Masters Mixed Doubles in Zoetermeer, Netherlands;

Farrell/Thurston finished 2-2 in the 11-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Farrell/Thurston defeated Anandi Bomas/Bart Klomp (Zoetermeer, NED) 6-5, then went on to lose 9-4 against Clifford/Rosenkrands Soee. Farrell/Thurston lost 8-2 to Vera Kalocsai/Otto Kalocsay (Budapest, HUN) where Farrell/Thurston responded with a 7-4 win over Oihane Otaegi/Mikel Unanue (San Sebastian, ESP) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Dutch Masters Mixed Doubles, Farrell/Thurston take home 11.000 world rankings points along with the $500CDN prize. For week 24 of the event schedule, Farrell/Thurston did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Farrell/Thurston 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

2023: Sarah Clifford
Sarah Clifford, Oliver Rosenkrands Soee
Hvidovre, DEN
2020: Johanna Heldin
Johanna Heldin, Kristian Lindstroem
Stockholm, SWE
2018: Irantzu Garcia
Irantzu Garcia, Brendan Bottcher
Vitoria-Gasteiz, ESP

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