Anderson/Dropkin Runner-Up at 2019 China Open Mixed Doubles

Sarah Anderson/Korey Dropkin (Minneapolis, USA) lost 6-5 to Jocelyn Peterman/Brett Gallant (Winnipeg, CAN) in the Final of the China Open Mixed Doubles, held June 23 - 27, 2019 in Hebei, China. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Anderson/Dropkin won 1-0 over Marie Turmann/Harri Lill (Tallinn, EST) to advance to the championship game. of the 2019 China Open Mixed Doubles in Hebei, China;

Anderson/Dropkin finished 5-0 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Anderson/Dropkin defeated Angela Romei/Joel Retornaz (Pinerolo, ITA) 6-4, then won 7-2 against Oona Kauste/Aku Kauste (Hyvinkaa, FIN) and 11-4 against Jenny Perret/Martin Rios (Bern, SUI). Anderson/Dropkin won 10-1 against Zuzana Paulova/Tomas Paul (Prague, CZE), then won 9-6 against Sijia Liu/De Jia Zou (Beijing, CHN) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the China Open Mixed Doubles, Anderson/Dropkin take home 40.546 world rankings points along with the $19,040CDN prize. Anderson/Dropkin gained 194.652 points improving upon their best 2 events, though dropped 667 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 667thplace overall with 194.652 total points. Anderson/Dropkin ranks 2nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 40.546 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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