Ieva Rudzite/Artis Zentelis (Riga, LAT) lost
6-4 to
Marie Kaldvee/Harri Lill (Tallinn, EST) in the Final To advance to the championship game, Rudzite/Zentelis won
7-1 over
Daina Barone/Ritvars Gulbis (Riga, LAT) in the semifinals of the 2021 WCT Latvian Mixed Doubles Curling Cup 1 in Riga, Latvia; and won
10-7 over
Evita Regza/Aleksandrs Baranovskis (Riga, LAT) in the quarterfinals. of the 2021 WCT Latvian Mixed Doubles Curling Cup 1 in Riga, Latvia;
Rudzite/Zentelis finished 2-2 in the 10 team
WCT Latvian Mixed Doubles Curling Cup 1 qualifying round, held November 26 - 28, 2021 in , . In their opening game, Rudzite/Zentelis defeated
Zanda Priste-Vonda/Janis Vonda (Riga, LAT) 14-4, then went on to lose
9-8 against
Katrina Gaidule/Ansis Regza (Riga, LAT). Rudzite/Zentelis responded with a
7-4 win over
Barone/Gulbis. Rudzite/Zentelis went on to lose
8-5 against
Mintaute Jurkute/Paulius Rymeikis (Vilnius, LTU) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the WCT Latvian Mixed Doubles Curling Cup 1, Rudzite/Zentelis take home
10.410 world rankings points along with the $300CDN prize, remaining in 697th place overall on the
World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 10.87 after improving upon their best so far this season. Rudzite/Zentelis ranks 96th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
10.870 points earned so far this season.
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