CHAMPION: Bryzgalova/Krushelnitskiy Wins 2018 International Mixed Doubles Trophy Aarau

Games:	8
Record:	8W - 0L
PF/G:	9.83
PA/G:	5.00
Hammer Efficiency:	0.48
Steal Defense:	0.14
Force Efficiency:	0.71
Steal Efficiency:	0.43

Anastasia Bryzgalova/Alexander Krushelnitskiy (St. Petersburg, RUS) won 6-5 over Jenny Perret/Martin Rios (Glarus, SUI) in the Final of the International Mixed Doubles Trophy Aarau, held January 5 - 7, 2018 in Aarau, Switzerland. To advance to the championship game, Bryzgalova/Krushelnitskiy won 6-3 over Daniela Rupp/Kevin Wunderlin (Zug, SUI) in the semifinals of the 2018 International Mixed Doubles Trophy Aarau in Aarau, Switzerland; and won 8-3 over Alina Paetz/Sven Michel (Bern, SUI) in the quarterfinals. of the 2018 International Mixed Doubles Trophy Aarau in Aarau, Switzerland;

Bryzgalova/Krushelnitskiy finished 5-0 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bryzgalova/Krushelnitskiy defeated Rupp/Wunderlin 9-4, then won 7-4 against Daniela Matulova/Milan Moravcik (Bratislava, SVK) and 8-1 against Eliska Srnska/Krystof Tabery (Prague, CZE). Bryzgalova/Krushelnitskiy won 6-3 against Oihane Otaegi/Mikel Unanue (San Sebastian, ESP), then won 7-6 against Michelle Gribi/Reto Gribi (Biel, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the International Mixed Doubles Trophy Aarau Championship title, Bryzgalova/Krushelnitskiy earned 0.000 world rankings points along with the $3,306CDN first prize cheque. For week 22 of the event schedule, Bryzgalova/Krushelnitskiy did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Bryzgalova/Krushelnitskiy ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

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