Kanai1-2 at 2023 ARGO GRAPHICS Cup

SKIP
Asuka
Kanai

Third
Ami
Enami

Second
Junko
Nishimuro

Lead
Mone
Ryokawa

Asuka Kanai (Karuizawa, JPN) finished 1-2 in the 7-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kanai lost 9-4 to Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN), droppimg another game, 7-6 to Sae Yamamoto (Sapporo, JPN) where Kanai responded with a 8-7 win over Mayu Minami (Sapporo, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Kanai earned 0.750 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, remaining in 79th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 22.175 total points. Kanai ranks 24th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 14.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	24	16	0	0.600	12-5	3-3	3-1	1-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	311	251	216	8.07	6.95	1.13	4.98	4.08	1.62	1.70	0.93

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	150	177	46	11	4-0	9-1	38-13	1.18	0.31	0.37	0.21

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	161	74	170	18	2-7	3-9	14-32	0.46	1.06	0.50	0.29

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