Otaegi/Unanue Reaches 2023 Mixed Doubles Gstaad Quarters

Oihane Otaegi/Mikel Unanue (San Sebastian, ESP) qualified for the 2023 Mixed Doubles Gstaad playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 6-3 against Jenny Perret/Martin Rios (Glarus, SUI). of the 2023 Mixed Doubles Gstaad in Gstaad, Switzerland;

Otaegi/Unanue finished 3-2 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Otaegi/Unanue defeated Pia-Lisa Schoell/Joshua Sutor (Oberstdorf, GER) 11-8, then went on to lose 8-4 against Briar Schwaller/Yannick Schwaller (Bern, SUI). Otaegi/Unanue responded with a 10-5 win over Lea Hueppi/Jonas Weiss (Dubendorf, SUI). Otaegi/Unanue went on to lose 8-5 against Therese Westman/Robin Ahlberg (Stockholm, SWE). Otaegi/Unanue responded with a 9-6 win over Kseniya Shevchuk/Wilfrid Coulot (Megeve, FRA) in their final qualifying round match.

Otaegi/Unanue earned 12.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Mixed Doubles Gstaad. Otaegi/Unanue gained -9.688 points improving upon their best 4 events, though dropped 4 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 36thplace overall with 53.314 total points. Otaegi/Unanue ranks 94th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 4.876 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	23	18	0	0.561	3-4	2-1	0-2	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	298	251	243	8.42	8.15	0.27	5.34	4.66	1.58	1.75	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	140	160	63	0	4-1	8-4	32-9	1.14	0.45	0.31	0.31

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	158	91	180	0	2-9	5-14	13-25	0.58	1.14	0.50	0.39

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