Tkach/Meshkovich2-3 at 2019 International Mixed Doubles Sochi

Sofia Tkach/Arseniy Meshkovich (Sochi, RUS) finished 2-3 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Tkach/Meshkovich lost 13-1 to Jenny Perret/Martin Rios (Bern, SUI), droppimg another game, 8-5 to Nina Polikarpova/Kirill Grekhnev (Irkutsk, RUS) where Tkach/Meshkovich responded with a 10-3 win over Alina Androsova/Felix Kaulfersch (Berlin, GER). Tkach/Meshkovich went on to lose 7-2 against Russia's Daria Morozova/Daniil Goryachev. Tkach/Meshkovich responded with a 7-6 win over Ekaterina Telnova/Artem Puzanov (Moscow, RUS) in their final qualifying round match.

Tkach/Meshkovich 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. Tkach/Meshkovich ranks 134th 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

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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