Katrina Gaidule/Roberts Buncis (Riga, LAT) finished 5-3 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gaidule/Buncis lost
6-4 to
Linnea Nilsson/Simon Olofsson (Uppsala, SWE), then responded with a
6-4 win over
Alexandra Adam/Zoltan Varkoly (Budapest, HUN). Gaidule/Buncis went on to lose
8-7 against
Mintaute Jurkute/Paulius Rymeikis (Vilnius, LTU). Gaidule/Buncis responded with a
7-5 win over
Evita Regza/Renars Freidensons (Riga, LAT). Gaidule/Buncis won
8-6 against
Akvile Rykove/Konstantin Rykov (Vilnius, LTU), then won
7-6 against
Santa Blumberga/Andris Bremanis (Riga, LAT). Gaidule/Buncis went on to lose
7-5 against
Nilsson/Olofsson. Gaidule/Buncis responded with a
8-1 win over
Jurkute/Rymeikis in their final qualifying round match.
Gaidule/Buncis earned
2.250 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the WCT Latvian Mixed Doubles Curling Cup 1. Gaidule/Buncis move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of -0.281 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 862nd overall with
0 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Gaidule/Buncis ranks 222nd overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
0.750 points earned so far this season.
