Suuripaa/Rantamaki4-2 at Finnish Mixed Doubles Championship

Tiina Suuripaa/Tomi Rantamaki (Hyvinkaa, FIN) finished 4-2 in the 7-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Suuripaa/Rantamaki lost 7-4 to Lotta Immonen/Markus Sipila (Espoo, FIN), then responded with a 5-4 win over Miia Ahrenberg/Esa Kejonen (Turku, FIN). Suuripaa/Rantamaki won 11-3 against Mikko Saastamoinen/Ulla Saastamoinen (Joensuu, FIN). Suuripaa/Rantamaki went on to lose 7-3 against Elina Virtaala/Ville Forsstrom (Joensuu, FIN). Suuripaa/Rantamaki responded with a 13-1 win over Susanna Santti/Iikko Santti (Tampere, FIN). Suuripaa/Rantamaki won 8-4 against Bonnie Nilhamn/Paavo Kuosmanen (Hyvinkaa, FIN) in their final qualifying round match.

Suuripaa/Rantamaki earned 4.250 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Finnish Mixed Doubles Championship. For week 30 of the event schedule, Suuripaa/Rantamaki did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Suuripaa/Rantamaki 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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