Kovaleva6-2 at 2018 Qinghai Curling Elite

Saint-Petersburg, Russia

SKIP
Alina
Kovaleva

Third
Anastasia
Bryzgalova

Second
Uliana
Vasilyeva

Lead
Ekaterina
Kuzmina

Games:	10
Record:	7W - 3L
PF/G:	8.38
PA/G:	5.68
Hammer Efficiency:	0.41
Steal Defense:	0.17
Force Efficiency:	0.61
Steal Efficiency:	0.34

Alina Kovaleva (Saint-Petersburg, RUS) finished 6-2 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kovaleva defeated Ying Yang (Harbin, CHN) 8-1, then won 10-4 against Cait Flannery (Chaska, USA). Kovaleva went on to lose 6-4 against Kelsey Rocque (Edmonton, AB). Kovaleva responded with a 5-4 win over Di Zhang (Harbin, CHN). Kovaleva won 9-2 against Yu Han (Changchun, CHN). Kovaleva went on to lose 7-3 against Daniela Jentsch (Fuessen, GER). Kovaleva responded with a 5-4 win over Elena Stern (Oberwallis , SUI). Kovaleva won 10-5 against Eszter Juhasz (Hyvinkaa, FIN) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Qinghai Curling Elite, Kovaleva take home 20.482 world rankings points along with the $13,385CDN prize, moving up 2 spots the World Ranking Standings into 14th place overall with 226.146 total points. Kovaleva ranks 8th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 204.774 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

2019: Alina Kovaleva
Alina Kovaleva, Maria Komarova, Galina Arsenkina, Ekaterina Kuzmina, Anastasiia Danshina
Saint-Petersburg , RUS
2018: Daniela Jentsch
Daniela Jentsch, Emira Abbes, Analena Jentsch, Klara Fomm
Fuessen, GER
2017: Ursi Hegner
Ursi Hegner, Imogen Oona Lehmann, Nina Ledergerber, Claudia Baumann
Uzwil, SUI

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