CHAMPION: Kaldvee/Lill Wins 2024 Mixed Doubles Players' Championship

Marie Kaldvee/Harri Lill (Tallinn, EST) won 10-5 over Kristin Moen Skaslien/Magnus Nedregotten (Oslo, NOR) in the Final of the Mixed Doubles Players' Championship, held February 8 - 11, 2024 in Brantford, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, Kaldvee/Lill won 7-4 over Lisa Weagle/John Epping (Toronto, ON) in the semifinals of the 2024 Mixed Doubles Players' Championship in Brantford, Ontario; and won 6-3 over Marlee Powers/Luke Saunders (Halifax, NS) in the quarterfinals. of the 2024 Mixed Doubles Players' Championship in Brantford, Ontario;

Kaldvee/Lill finished 3-1 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kaldvee/Lill lost 7-6 to Therese Westman/Robin Ahlberg (Stockholm, SWE), then responded with a 8-3 win over Skaslien/Nedregotten. Kaldvee/Lill won 12-0 against Jenna Page/Joey Rettinger (Hamilton, ON), then won 7-6 against Brittany Tran/Catlin Schneider (Calgary, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Mixed Doubles Players' Championship Championship title, Kaldvee/Lill earned 48.750 world rankings points along with the $6,000CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 6th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 3.562 after improving upon their best so far this season. Kaldvee/Lill ranks 6th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 108.625 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	44	18	0	0.710	11-2	4-5	2-2	1-2	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	434	462	299	10.65	6.89	3.76	5.69	4.31	1.87	1.60	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	196	294	71	0	17-1	24-4	39-10	1.50	0.36	0.41	0.26

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	238	168	228	0	3-6	18-16	21-36	0.71	0.96	0.58	0.42

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