CHAMPION: Roenning/Braenden Wins 2022 WCT Tallinn Mixed Doubles International

Games:	8
Record:	6W - 2L
PF/G:	11.48
PA/G:	7.87
Hammer Efficiency:	0.52
Steal Defense:	0.23
Force Efficiency:	0.40
Steal Efficiency:	0.33

Martine Roenning/Mathias Braenden (Lillehammer, NOR) won 10-7 over Daina Barone/Arnis Veidemanis (Riga, LAT) in the Final of the WCT Tallinn Mixed Doubles International, held September 22 - 25, 2022 in Tallinn, Estonia. To advance to the championship game, Roenning/Braenden won 10-5 over Maia Ramsfjell/Magnus Ramsfjell (Trondheim, NOR) in the semifinals of the 2022 WCT Tallinn Mixed Doubles International in Tallinn, Estonia; and won 8-6 over Kristin Moen Skaslien/Magnus Nedregotten (Oslo, NOR) in the quarterfinals. of the 2022 WCT Tallinn Mixed Doubles International in Tallinn, Estonia;

Roenning/Braenden finished 3-2 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Roenning/Braenden lost 9-6 to Zuzana Paulova/Tomas Paul (Prague, CZE), droppimg another game, 8-7 to Triin Madisson/Karl Kukner (Tallinn, EST) where Roenning/Braenden responded with a 11-2 win over Mintaute Jurkute/Paulius Rymeikis (Vilnius, LTU). Roenning/Braenden won 8-7 against Oihane Otaegi/Mikel Unanue (San Sebastian, ESP), then won 10-4 against Vera Kalocsai/Otto Kalocsay (Budapest, HUN) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the WCT Tallinn Mixed Doubles International Championship title, Roenning/Braenden earned 37.500 world rankings points along with the $1,319CDN first prize cheque. For week 8 of the event schedule, Roenning/Braenden did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Roenning/Braenden ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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

2023: Kristin Moen Skaslien
Kristin Moen Skaslien, Magnus Nedregotten
Oslo, NOR
2022: Martine Roenning
Martine Roenning, Mathias Braenden
Lillehammer, NOR
2021: Zuzana Paulova
Zuzana Paulova, Tomas Paul
Prague, CZE
2019: Kristin Moen Skaslien
Kristin Moen Skaslien, Magnus Nedregotten
Oppdal, NOR
2018: Jenny Perret
Jenny Perret, Martin Rios
Glarus, SUI
2017: Marie Kaldvee
Marie Kaldvee, Harri Lill
Tallinn, EST

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