Wiksten/Wiksten Reaches 2023 Dutch Masters Mixed Doubles Quarters

Games:	6
Record:	4W - 2L
PF/G:	10.67
PA/G:	6.22
Hammer Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Defense:	0.23
Force Efficiency:	0.67
Steal Efficiency:	0.35

Natalie Wiksten/Kasper Wiksten (Taarnby, DEN) qualified for the 2023 Dutch Masters Mixed Doubles playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 9-8 against Oihane Otaegi/Mikel Unanue (San Sebastian, ESP). of the 2023 Dutch Masters Mixed Doubles in Zoetermeer, Netherlands;

Wiksten/Wiksten finished 4-1 in the 11-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Wiksten/Wiksten defeated Lisenka Bomas/Tobias van den Hurk (Zoetermeer, NED) 10-2, then went on to lose 8-7 against Ashley Waye/Rob Retchless (Toronto, ON). Wiksten/Wiksten responded with a 8-3 win over Vanessa Tonoli/Simon Spits (Zoetermeer, NED). Wiksten/Wiksten won 8-2 against Caro van Oosterwyck/Jeroen Spruyt (Zemst, BEL), then won 7-4 against Lea Hueppi/Jonas Weiss (Dubendorf, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.

Wiksten/Wiksten earned 6.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Dutch Masters Mixed Doubles. For week 24 of the event schedule, Wiksten/Wiksten did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Wiksten/Wiksten 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

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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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