Jessica Zheng/Victor Pietrangelo (Niagara Falls, ON) won
9-3 over
Manitoba's Mackenzie Arbuckle/Aaron Macdonell in the Final of the Next Gen U25 Mixed Doubles, held August 30 - September 2, 2024 at the Saville Community Sports Centre in Edmonton, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Zheng/Pietrangelo won
8-2 over
Olivia Wynter/Cameron Sallaj (Moncton, NB) in the semifinals of the 2024 Next Gen U25 Mixed Doubles in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; and won
11-1 over
Kaylee Raniseth/Evan Crough (Delburne, AB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2024 Next Gen U25 Mixed Doubles in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada;
Zheng/Pietrangelo finished 4-1 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Zheng/Pietrangelo defeated
Lindsey Burgess/Ben Morin (Vernon, BC) 10-3, then won
9-2 against
Amanda Skiffington/Calan MacIsaac (Truro, NS) and
8-5 against
Olivia Jones/Dustin Mikush (Edmonton, AB). Zheng/Pietrangelo won
7-6 against
Claire Booth/Tyson Toews (Red Deer, AB). Zheng/Pietrangelo went on to lose
8-7 against
Serena Gray-Withers/Andrew Nowell (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Next Gen U25 Mixed Doubles Championship title, Zheng/Pietrangelo earned
15.000 world rankings points along with the $3,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 7 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 16th place overall with
88.378 total points. Zheng/Pietrangelo ranks 2nd overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
15.000 points earned so far this season.
