de Val/Eriksson Runner-Up at 2021 Gothenburg Mixed Doubles Cup

Almida de Val/Oskar Eriksson (Sundbyberg, SWE) lost 8-3 to Kristin Moen Skaslien/Magnus Nedregotten (Oslo, NOR) in the Final of the Gothenburg Mixed Doubles Cup, held December 28 - 30, 2021 in Gothenburg, Sweden. To advance to the championship game, de Val/Eriksson won 6-5 over Jenny Perret/Martin Rios (Glarus, SUI) in the semifinals of the 2021 Gothenburg Mixed Doubles Cup in Gothenburg, Sweden; and won 9-2 over Marie Kaldvee/Harri Lill (Tallinn, EST) in the quarterfinals.

de Val/Eriksson finished 4-0 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, de Val/Eriksson defeated Martine Ronning/Mathias Braenden (Lillehammer, NOR) 10-4, then won 6-4 against Oona Kauste/Aku Kauste (Hyvinkaa, FIN) and 9-3 against Jasmin Lander/Henrik Holtermann (Hvidovre, DEN). de Val/Eriksson won 5-1 against Daniela Rupp/Kevin Wunderlin (Zug, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Gothenburg Mixed Doubles Cup, de Val/Eriksson take home 37.149 world rankings points along with the $2,798CDN prize, remaining in 778th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 37.15 after improving upon their best so far this season. de Val/Eriksson ranks 23rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 62.922 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	17	6	0	0.739	4-0	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
2022	160	156	100	9.75	6.25	3.50	5.81	4.19	1.68	1.49	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	77	114	18	0	4-0	12-1	14-2	1.48	0.23	0.39	0.18

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	83	42	82	0	0-3	2-4	8-11	0.51	0.99	0.66	0.36

2022: Therese Westman
Therese Westman, Robin Ahlberg
Stockholm, SWE
2021: Kristin Moen Skaslien
Kristin Moen Skaslien, Magnus Nedregotten
Oslo, NOR
2019: Michele Jaeggi
Michele Jaeggi, Marc Pfister
Bern, SUI

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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