Otaegi/Unanue Finishes Fourth at 2023 Dutch Masters Mixed Doubles

Games:	7
Record:	3W - 4L
PF/G:	8.07
PA/G:	8.25
Hammer Efficiency:	0.36
Steal Defense:	0.39
Force Efficiency:	0.41
Steal Efficiency:	0.41

Oihane Otaegi/Mikel Unanue (San Sebastian, ESP) lost 8-3 to Ashley Waye/Rob Retchless (Toronto, ON) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2023 Dutch Masters Mixed Doubles in Zoetermeer, Netherlands. of the 2023 Dutch Masters Mixed Doubles in Zoetermeer, Netherlands; Oihane Otaegi/Mikel Unanue (San Sebastian, ESP) lost 8-3 to Ashley Waye/Rob Retchless (Toronto, ON) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2023 Dutch Masters Mixed Doubles in Zoetermeer, Netherlands. Otaegi/Unanue lost 10-9 to Sarah Clifford/Oliver Rosenkrands Soee (Hvidovre, DEN) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game. of the 2023 Dutch Masters Mixed Doubles in Zoetermeer, Netherlands; and won 9-8 over Natalie Wiksten/Kasper Wiksten (Taarnby, DEN) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 Dutch Masters Mixed Doubles in Zoetermeer, Netherlands;

Otaegi/Unanue finished 2-2 in the 11-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Otaegi/Unanue lost 6-5 to Clifford/Rosenkrands Soee, then responded with a 6-4 win over Vera Kalocsai/Otto Kalocsay (Budapest, HUN). Otaegi/Unanue won 10-4 against Anandi Bomas/Bart Klomp (Zoetermeer, NED). Otaegi/Unanue went on to lose 7-4 against Cora Farrell/Coleman Thurston (Chaska, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

With their fourth place finish at the Dutch Masters Mixed Doubles, Otaegi/Unanue take home 8.000 world rankings points along with 300CDN. For week 24 of the event schedule, Otaegi/Unanue did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Otaegi/Unanue 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: Sarah Clifford
Sarah Clifford, Oliver Rosenkrands Soee
Hvidovre, DEN
2020: Johanna Heldin
Johanna Heldin, Kristian Lindstroem
Stockholm, SWE
2018: Irantzu Garcia
Irantzu Garcia, Brendan Bottcher
Vitoria-Gasteiz, ESP

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