Alina Kovaleva (Saint-Petersburg, RUS) finished 6-2 in the 9 team
Qinghai Curling Elite qualifying round, held December 14 - 19, 2018 in , . 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.
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