# Match Record: Minto US Open Pickleball Championships - Mixed Doubles All Skills Double Elimination 40-44 Age (2025-04-13)
        
**Category:** Match Result
**Verified:** 2026-06-05 06:47:56
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## Match Parameters
- **Event Date:** 2025-04-13
- **Estimated Play Time:** 8:45 AM
- **Event:** Minto US Open Pickleball Championships - Mixed Doubles All Skills Double Elimination 40-44 Age
- **Location:** N/A 
- **Outcome:** Win
- **Scores:** 9-15
- **Division:** Doubles Division
- **Level:** Pro / Elite Tier (4.5+) (Average DUPR: 5.04)

## Involved Competitors

### Team 1 (Loss)
- **David Palkovsky** (DUPR ID: 7D6PDM) - Rating: 5.200, Location: Sedliště, Moravskoslezský kraj, CZ
- **Ivana Palkovská** (DUPR ID: Q5X6R0) - Rating: 4.398, Location: Sedliště, Moravian-Silesian Region, CZ

### Team 2 (Winner)
- **Ben Asper** (DUPR ID: 3XK59X) - Rating: 5.308, Location: Arlington Heights, IL, US
- **Alicia Olson** (DUPR ID: 3V0OX7) - Rating: 5.239, Location: Lake Zurich, IL, US

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