CHAMPION: Yamamoto Wins 2023 ARGO GRAPHICS Cup

Sapporo, Japan

Fourth
Miyu
Ueno

SKIP
Sae
Yamamoto

Second
Suzune
Yasui

Lead
Mizuki
Hara

Games:	5
Record:	4W - 1L
PF/G:	6.84
PA/G:	5.79
Hammer Efficiency:	0.29
Steal Defense:	0.15
Force Efficiency:	0.69
Steal Efficiency:	0.22

Sae Yamamoto (Sapporo, JPN) won 6-4 over Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN) in the Final of the ARGO GRAPHICS Cup, held September 1 - 4, 2022 at the Kitami Curling Club in Kitami, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Yamamoto won 5-3 over Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN) in the semifinals

Yamamoto finished 2-1 in the 7-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Yamamoto defeated Mayu Minami (Sapporo, JPN) 6-2, then won 7-6 against Asuka Kanai (Karuizawa, JPN). Yamamoto went on to lose 7-2 against Yoshimura in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the ARGO GRAPHICS Cup Championship title, Yamamoto earned 15.000 world rankings points along with the $9,137CDN first prize cheque. Yamamoto move up 32 spots after posting a net gain of 14.062 points improving upon their best 2 results so far this season, ranking 67th overall with 30.182 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Yamamoto ranks 22nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 15.938 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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