Barone/Veidemanis1-4 at 2019 Italian Mixed Doubles Cup

Daina Barone/Arnis Veidemanis (Riga, LAT) finished 1-4 in the 18 team Italian Mixed Doubles Cup qualifying round, held December 12 - 15, 2019 in , . In their opening game, Barone/Veidemanis lost 8-3 to Anastasia Moskaleva/Alexander Eremin (Moscow, RUS), droppimg another game, 11-4 to Oona Kauste/Aku Kauste (Hyvinkaa, FIN). Barone/Veidemanis lost 7-6 to Fiona Simpson/Marco Pascale (SCO/ITA, www) where Barone/Veidemanis responded with a 7-5 win over Ildiko Szekeres/Gyorgy Nagy (Hungary). Barone/Veidemanis went on to lose 9-3 against Jenny Perret/Martin Rios (Bern, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.

Barone/Veidemanis earned 2.038 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, remaining in 668th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 2.038 total points. Barone/Veidemanis ranks 225th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 2.038 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
	1	4	0	0.200	0-0	1-4	0-1	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
	35	23	40	6.57	11.43	-4.86	4.00	6.00	1.64	1.90	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
	17	16	9	0	1-0	1-0	2-1	0.94	0.53	0.24	0.47

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
	18	7	31	0	0-3	1-4	0-1	0.39	1.72	0.38	0.28

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