Ezekh/Stukalskiy3-7 at Russian Mixed Doubles Trials

Nkeiruka Ezekh/Alexey Stukalskiy (Moscow, RUS) finished 3-7 in the 6-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ezekh/Stukalskiy defeated Anastasia Moskaleva/Alexander Eremin (Moscow, RUS) 7-6, then went on to lose 6-5 against Anna Samoilik/Mikhail Vaskov (Krasnoyarsk, RUS). Ezekh/Stukalskiy responded with a 7-6 win over Maria Komarova/Daniil Goryachev (Moscow, RUS). Ezekh/Stukalskiy went on to lose 6-5 against Daria Morozova/Oleg Krasikov (Moscow, RUS). Ezekh/Stukalskiy lost 7-6 to Anna Sidorova/Alexey Timofeev (Moscow, RUS). Ezekh/Stukalskiy lost 10-3 to Sidorova/Timofeev. Ezekh/Stukalskiy lost 7-5 to Morozova/Krasikov. Ezekh/Stukalskiy lost 5-4 to Komarova/Goryachev where Ezekh/Stukalskiy responded with a 6-5 win over Samoilik/Vaskov. Ezekh/Stukalskiy went on to lose 7-6 against Moskaleva/Eremin in their final qualifying round match.

Ezekh/Stukalskiy earned 3.655 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, remaining in 778th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 3.656 after improving upon their best so far this season. Ezekh/Stukalskiy ranks 92nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 3.656 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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