Virtaala/Forsstrom4-2 at Finnish Mixed Doubles Championship

Elina Virtaala/Ville Forsstrom (Joensuu, FIN) finished 4-2 in the 7-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Virtaala/Forsstrom defeated Susanna Santti/Iikko Santti (Tampere, FIN) 7-5, then won 6-5 against Bonnie Nilhamn/Paavo Kuosmanen (Hyvinkaa, FIN). Virtaala/Forsstrom went on to lose 8-3 against Lotta Immonen/Markus Sipila (Espoo, FIN). Virtaala/Forsstrom responded with a 7-3 win over Tiina Suuripaa/Tomi Rantamaki (Hyvinkaa, FIN). Virtaala/Forsstrom won 10-4 against Miia Ahrenberg/Esa Kejonen (Turku, FIN). Virtaala/Forsstrom went on to lose 6-1 against Mikko Saastamoinen/Ulla Saastamoinen (Joensuu, FIN) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Finnish Mixed Doubles Championship, Virtaala/Forsstrom take home 5.500 world rankings points. For week 30 of the event schedule, Virtaala/Forsstrom did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Virtaala/Forsstrom 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

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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