Sasaki2-6 at 2020 Japan National Championship

SKIP
Honoka
Sasaki

Third
Mikoto
Nakajima

Second
Yui
Ozeki

Lead
Miku
Nihira

Honoka Sasaki (Sapporo, JPN) finished 2-6 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Sasaki lost 8-5 to Yumiko Kashiwagi (Karuizawa, JPN), droppimg another game, 7-4 to Tori Koana (Yamanashi, JPN). Sasaki lost 9-3 to Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN). Sasaki lost 8-6 to Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN). Sasaki lost 7-4 to Shinobu Aota (Aomori, JPN). Sasaki lost 11-4 to Seina Nakajima (Nagano, JPN) where Sasaki responded with a 8-4 win over Shiori Fujisawa (Karuizawa, JPN). Sasaki won 8-6 against Yuki Shibuto (Hiroshima, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Sasaki earned 4.364 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 30 of the event schedule, Sasaki did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Sasaki 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

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