Bronze for Paulova/Paul at 2020 International Mixed Doubles Sochi

Games:	8
Record:	6W - 2L
PF/G:	9.51
PA/G:	6.07
Hammer Efficiency:	0.41
Steal Defense:	0.34
Force Efficiency:	0.75
Steal Efficiency:	0.44

Zuzana Paulova/Tomas Paul (Prague, CZE) won 9-4 over Valeria Denisenko/Kirill Palagney (Irkutsk, RUS) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2020 International Mixed Doubles Sochi in Sochi, Russia. of the 2020 International Mixed Doubles Sochi in Sochi, Russia; Zuzana Paulova/Tomas Paul (Prague, CZE) won 9-4 over Valeria Denisenko/Kirill Palagney (Irkutsk, RUS) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2020 International Mixed Doubles Sochi in Sochi, Russia. Paulova/Paul lost 5-4 to Elizaveta Trukhina/Nikolay Lysakov (Irkutsk, RUS) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game. of the 2020 International Mixed Doubles Sochi in Sochi, Russia; and won 10-5 over Sofia Tkach/Dmitry Mironov (Sochi, RUS) in the quarterfinals. of the 2020 International Mixed Doubles Sochi in Sochi, Russia;

Paulova/Paul finished 4-1 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Paulova/Paul defeated Anna Lukianchikova/Dmitry Krapivin (Krasnoyarsk, RUS) 9-6, then went on to lose 7-6 against Nkeiruka Ezekh/Sergei Glukhov (Moscow, RUS). Paulova/Paul responded with a 6-3 win over Irina Poletaeva/Egor Volkov (Sochi, RUS). Paulova/Paul won 6-4 against Denisenko/Palagney, then won 8-3 against Ksenia Strelkova/Roman Zhukovsky (Moscow, RUS) in their final qualifying round match.

With their third place finish at the International Mixed Doubles Sochi, Paulova/Paul earn 12.231 world rankings points and 2008CDN. For week 32 of the event schedule, Paulova/Paul did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 668th place on the World Ranking Standings with 152.670 total points. Paulova/Paul ranks 7th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 139.602 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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