CHAMPION: Paulova/Paul Wins 2022 Mixed Doubles Prague Trophy

Zuzana Paulova/Tomas Paul (Prague, CZE) won 8-5 over Anna Fowler/Ben Fowler (Kent, ENG) in the Final of the Mixed Doubles Prague Trophy, held April 1 - 3, 2022 in Prague, Czech Republic. To advance to the championship game, Paulova/Paul won 5-4 over Jasmin Lander/Henrik Holtermann (Hvidovre, DEN) in the semifinals of the 2022 Mixed Doubles Prague Trophy in Prague, Czech Republic; and won 7-6 over Adela Walczak/Andrzej Augustyniak (Lodz, POL) in the quarterfinals. of the 2022 Mixed Doubles Prague Trophy in Prague, Czech Republic;

Paulova/Paul finished 3-1 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Paulova/Paul lost 6-5 to Walczak/Augustyniak, then responded with a 8-7 win over Daniela Matulova/Milan Moravcik (Bratislava, CZE). Paulova/Paul won 9-4 against Karolina Frederiksen/Tomas Valek (Prague, CZE), then won 16-0 against Stella Svitakova/Ondrej Blaha (Prague, CZE) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Mixed Doubles Prague Trophy Championship title, Paulova/Paul earned 30.976 world rankings points along with the $1,988CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 778th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 10.712 after improving upon their best so far this season. Paulova/Paul ranks 4th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 165.862 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	30	17	0	0.638	8-1	3-1	3-1	0-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	334	280	234	8.38	7.01	1.38	5.24	4.70	1.60	1.49	0.06

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	170	191	83	2	7-1	16-5	29-8	1.12	0.49	0.31	0.35

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	164	89	151	0	1-3	4-8	11-29	0.54	0.92	0.59	0.41

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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