Almanzor/Aparicio Finishes Fourth at Spanish Mixed Doubles Championship

Barcelona, Spain

Female
Laura
Almanzor

Male
Llorenc
Aparicio

Games:	6
Record:	3W - 3L
PF/G:	9.30
PA/G:	9.53
Hammer Efficiency:	0.41
Steal Defense:	0.50
Force Efficiency:	0.58
Steal Efficiency:	0.43

Laura Almanzor/Llorenc Aparicio (Barcelona, ESP) lost 9-7 to Carmen Perez/Lucas Munuera (Jaca, ESP) in the Bronze Medal game at the Spanish Mixed Doubles Championship in Jaca, Spain. of the Spanish Mixed Doubles Championship in Jaca, Spain; Laura Almanzor/Llorenc Aparicio (Barcelona, ESP) lost 9-7 to Carmen Perez/Lucas Munuera (Jaca, ESP) in the Bronze Medal game at the Spanish Mixed Doubles Championship in Jaca, Spain. Almanzor/Aparicio lost 12-0 to Oihane Otaegi/Mikel Unanue (Txuri-Berri, ESP) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game. of the Spanish Mixed Doubles Championship in Jaca, Spain; and won 9-0 over Marina Amilibia/Adrian Manero (Val d'Aran, ESP) in the quarterfinals. of the Spanish Mixed Doubles Championship in Jaca, Spain;

Almanzor/Aparicio finished 2-1 in the 22 team Spanish Mixed Doubles Championship qualifying round, held January 24 - 26 in , . In their opening game, Almanzor/Aparicio lost 7-6 to Belen Barcena/Inigo Ruiz A (Harrikada, ESP), then responded with a 11-9 win over Aurora Tesa/Oscar Tesa (Jaca, ESP). Almanzor/Aparicio won 7-4 against Leyre Torralba/Joaquin Olivan (Pirineo, ESP) in their final qualifying round match.

With their fourth place finish at the Spanish Mixed Doubles Championship, Almanzor/Aparicio take home 11.814 world rankings points, remaining in 668th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 11.814 total points. Almanzor/Aparicio ranks 136th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 11.814 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
	3	3	0	0.500	3-1	0-2	0-1	0-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
	43	40	41	9.30	9.53	-0.23	4.65	5.35	2.00	1.78	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
	22	27	19	0	3-0	0-3	6-2	1.23	0.86	0.41	0.50

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
	21	13	22	0	0-1	0-2	4-2	0.62	1.05	0.58	0.43

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