CHAMPION: Trukhina/Lysakov Wins 2020 International Mixed Doubles Sochi

Irkutsk, Russia

Female
Elizaveta
Trukhina

Male
Nikolay
Lysakov

Games:	8
Record:	8W - 0L
PF/G:	14.63
PA/G:	4.26
Hammer Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Defense:	0.27
Force Efficiency:	0.75
Steal Efficiency:	0.63

Elizaveta Trukhina/Nikolay Lysakov (Irkutsk, RUS) won 7-4 over Nkeiruka Ezekh/Sergei Glukhov (Moscow, RUS) in the Final To advance to the championship game, Trukhina/Lysakov won 5-4 over Zuzana Paulova/Tomas Paul (Prague, CZE) in the semifinals of the 2020 International Mixed Doubles Sochi in Sochi, Russia; and won 9-5 over Ekaterina Glebova/Artem Ruchkin (Sochi, RUS) in the quarterfinals.

Trukhina/Lysakov finished 5-0 in the 18 team International Mixed Doubles Sochi qualifying round, held February 27 - March 1, 2020 in , . In their opening game, Trukhina/Lysakov defeated Margarita Fomina/Alexey Stukalsky (Moscow, RUS) 11-4, then won 13-3 against Karoliine Kaare/Harri Lill (Tallinn, EST) and 11-2 against Anastasia Sushkova/Kamil Karimov (Tatarstan, RUS). Trukhina/Lysakov won 11-1 against Julia Bulavina/Evgeny Sokolov (Novosibirsk, RUS), then won 12-0 against Glebova/Ruchkin in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the International Mixed Doubles Sochi Championship title, Trukhina/Lysakov earned 20.384 world rankings points along with the $4,685CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 668th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 10.192 after improving upon their best so far this season. Trukhina/Lysakov ranks 170th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 11.992 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2020	8	0	0	1.000	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2020	54	79	23	14.63	4.26	10.37	6.67	3.33	2.19	1.28	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2020	22	42	7	0	5-0	2-0	4-1	1.91	0.32	0.50	0.27

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2020	32	37	16	0	0-0	3-1	11-2	1.16	0.50	0.75	0.63

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