Fernandez/Mirete Runner-Up at Spanish Mixed Doubles Championship

Iparpolo, Spain

Female
Maria
Fernandez

Male
Victor
Mirete

Maria Fernandez/Victor Mirete (Iparpolo, ESP) lost 7-5 to Oihane Otaegi/Mikel Unanue (Txuri-Berri, ESP) in the Final To advance to the championship game, Fernandez/Mirete won 9-6 over Carmen Perez/Lucas Munuera (Jaca, ESP) in the semifinals of the Spanish Mixed Doubles Championship in Jaca, Spain; and won 7-5 over Nerea Torralba/Jose Manuel Sanguesa (Pirineo, ESP) in the quarterfinals. of the Spanish Mixed Doubles Championship in Jaca, Spain;

Fernandez/Mirete finished 2-1 in the 22 team Spanish Mixed Doubles Championship qualifying round, held January 24 - 26 in , . In their opening game, Fernandez/Mirete defeated Concepcion Repes/Julian Alfonso (Vitoria-Gasteiz, ESP) 13-6, then went on to lose 8-7 against Perez/Munuera. Fernandez/Mirete responded with a 12-4 win over Lydia Garaigordobil/Josu Perlacia (Harrikada, ESP) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Spanish Mixed Doubles Championship, Fernandez/Mirete take home 16.245 world rankings points, remaining in 668th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 16.244 after improving upon their best so far this season. Fernandez/Mirete ranks 108th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 16.244 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
	4	2	0	0.667	2-1	2-1	0-1	0-0	1-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
	46	53	36	11.52	7.83	3.70	5.65	4.35	2.04	1.80	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
	20	34	10	0	4-1	1-0	4-1	1.70	0.50	0.45	0.30

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
	26	19	26	0	1-1	1-1	2-7	0.73	1.00	0.36	0.46

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