Sasaki/Tsuruga3-1 at 2020 WCT-JAPAN Nayoro Mixed Doubles Spiel

Games:	6
Record:	4W - 2L
PF/G:	10.68
PA/G:	6.59
Hammer Efficiency:	0.52
Steal Defense:	0.26
Force Efficiency:	0.57
Steal Efficiency:	0.33

Honoka Sasaki/Souta Tsuruga (Sapporo, JPN) finished 3-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Sasaki/Tsuruga lost 6-3 to Miho Fujimori/Yuki Yamamoto (Obihiro, JPN), then responded with a 10-5 win over Chihiro Konno/Muneatsu Machinaga (Abashiri, JPN). Sasaki/Tsuruga won 9-2 against Ruka Nitta/Tsubasa Nakagawa (Obihiro, JPN), then won 11-3 against Chika Ishikawa/Masaki Ishikawa (Sapporo, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Sasaki/Tsuruga earned 4.031 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the WCT-JAPAN Nayoro Mixed Doubles Spiel. For week 24 of the event schedule, Sasaki/Tsuruga did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 668th place on the World Ranking Standings with 0.000 total points. Sasaki/Tsuruga ranks 598th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 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

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