Therese Westman/Robin Ahlberg (Stockholm, SWE) lost
7-4 to
Tori Koana/Go Aoki (Yamanashi, JPN) in the Final of the Mixed Doubles Karlstad, held October 9 - 12 in Karlstad, Sweden. To advance to the championship game, Westman/Ahlberg won
7-6 over
Zixuan Ye/Sen Yu (Beijing, CHN) in the semifinals of the Mixed Doubles Karlstad in Karlstad, Sweden; and won
7-3 over
Li Jun Zhang/Zhi Yu Wang (Beijing, CHN) in the quarterfinals. of the Mixed Doubles Karlstad in Karlstad, Sweden;
Westman/Ahlberg finished 3-1 in the 14-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Westman/Ahlberg defeated
Berfin Sengul/Bilal Omer Cakir (Erzurum, TUR) 9-7, then won
9-1 against
Ye/Yu. Westman/Ahlberg went on to lose
9-5 against
Kristin Moen Skaslien/Magnus Nedregotten (Oslo, NOR). Westman/Ahlberg responded with a
10-5 win over
Katrina Gaidule/Roberts Buncis (Riga, LAT) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Mixed Doubles Karlstad, Westman/Ahlberg take home
24.750 world rankings points along with the $1,500CDN prize. For week of the event schedule, Westman/Ahlberg did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the
World Ranking Standings with
total points. Westman/Ahlberg ranks th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
points earned so far this season.
