Alina Kovaleva (Saint-Petersburg , RUS) qualified for the 2020 International Bernese Ladies Cup playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match
8-6 against
Elena Stern (Oberwallis, SUI). of the 2020 International Bernese Ladies Cup in Bern, Switzerland;
Kovaleva finished 4-0 in the 27 team
International Bernese Ladies Cup qualifying round, held January 9 - 12, 2020 in , . In their opening game, Kovaleva defeated
Selina Witschonke (Luzern, SUI) 4-3, then won
6-1 against
Ieva Rudzite (Riga, LAT) and
5-2 against
Jamie Sinclair (Charlotte, NC) to advance to the A-Qualifier where they
8-4 against
Daniela Jentsch (F�ssen, GER) to advance to the playoff round. in their final qualifying round match.
Kovaleva earned
18.477 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the International Bernese Ladies Cup. Kovaleva move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of -6.349 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 12th overall with
227.382 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Kovaleva ranks 11th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
199.712 points earned so far this season.
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