Dudko/Velichko2-3 at 2019 International Mixed Doubles Sochi

Games:	5
Record:	2W - 3L
PF/G:	7.25
PA/G:	7.25
Hammer Efficiency:	0.33
Steal Defense:	0.17
Force Efficiency:	0.53
Steal Efficiency:	0.32

Kristina Dudko/Vladislav Velichko (Krasnoyarsk, RUS) finished 2-3 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Dudko/Velichko lost 8-5 to Hungary's Ildiko Szekeres/Gyorgy Nagy, droppimg another game, 6-5 to Maria Ignatenko/Dmitry Mironov (Sochi, RUS). Dudko/Velichko lost 7-6 to Margarita Fomina/Alexey Stukalsky (Moscow, RUS) where Dudko/Velichko responded with a 6-4 win over Ekaterina Tolstova/Petr Kuznetsov (Dmitrov, RUS). Dudko/Velichko won 7-4 against Svetlana Saifutdinova/Ilgiz Saifutdinov (Moscow, RUS) in their final qualifying round match.

Dudko/Velichko earned 3.599 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, remaining in 668th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 3.6 after improving upon their best so far this season. Dudko/Velichko ranks 136th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 3.600 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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