Aota4-4 at 2020 Japan National Championship

SKIP
Shinobu
Aota

Third
Juri
Ojima

Second
Natsuki
Saito

Lead
Kaoru
Ito

Shinobu Aota (Aomori, JPN) finished 4-4 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Aota lost 8-1 to Seina Nakajima (Nagano, JPN), droppimg another game, 8-4 to Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN) where Aota responded with a 9-7 win over Shiori Fujisawa (Karuizawa, JPN). Aota went on to lose 9-2 against Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN). Aota responded with a 8-1 win over Yuki Shibuto (Hiroshima, JPN). Aota won 7-4 against Honoka Sasaki (Sapporo, JPN), then won 6-2 against Yumiko Kashiwagi (Karuizawa, JPN). Aota went on to lose 8-3 against Tori Koana (Yamanashi, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Aota earned 8.728 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 30 of the event schedule, Aota did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Aota 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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