Yoshimura Reaches 2023 Saville Grand Prix Quarters

Sapporo, Japan

SKIP
Sayaka
Yoshimura

Third
Yuna
Kotani

Second
Kaho
Onodera

Lead
Anna
Ohmiya

Games:	5
Record:	3W - 2L
PF/G:	7.03
PA/G:	5.68
Hammer Efficiency:	0.38
Steal Defense:	0.31
Force Efficiency:	0.77
Steal Efficiency:	0.33

Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN) qualified for the 2023 Saville Grand Prix playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 7-3 against Selena Sturmay (Edmonton, AB). of the 2023 Saville Grand Prix in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada;

Yoshimura finished 3-1 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Yoshimura lost 6-5 to Miyu Ueno (Karuizawa, JPN), then responded with a 6-2 win over Adele Purcell (Edmonton, AB). Yoshimura won 5-3 against Abby Marks (Edmonton, AB), then won 7-3 against Delaney Strouse (Traverse City, MI) in their final qualifying round match.

Yoshimura earned 13.500 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Saville Grand Prix. For week 14 of the event schedule, Yoshimura did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 20th to 21st place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 161.680 total points. Yoshimura ranks 15th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 83.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	61	22	0	0.735	20-4	14-4	4-3	0-0	1-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	596	539	331	9.04	5.55	3.49	5.17	3.76	1.75	1.48	1.07

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	265	342	66	30	10-1	23-2	76-9	1.29	0.25	0.46	0.19

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	331	197	265	34	5-2	15-12	26-61	0.60	0.80	0.57	0.37

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