Yoshida/Shimizu Reaches 2023 Japan Mixed Doubles National Championship Quarters

Games:	7
Record:	5W - 2L
PF/G:	13.56
PA/G:	5.78
Hammer Efficiency:	0.44
Steal Defense:	0.19
Force Efficiency:	0.58
Steal Efficiency:	0.59

Chinami Yoshida/Tetsuro Shimizu (Kitami, JPN) qualified for the 2023 Japan Mixed Doubles National Championship playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 9-2 against Yurika Yoshida/Yuta Matsumura (Kitami, JPN). of the 2023 Japan Mixed Doubles National Championship in ;

Yoshida/Shimizu finished 5-1 in the 21-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Yoshida/Shimizu defeated Japan's Arisa Funaki/Yuto Kamada 11-1, then went on to lose 9-8 against Chiaki Matsumura/Yasumasa Tanida (Nagano, JPN). Yoshida/Shimizu responded with a 8-4 win over Kohane Tsuruga/Takaaki Minami (Sapporo, JPN). Yoshida/Shimizu won 10-2 against Hinako Sonobe/Ryo Ogihara (Karuizawa, JPN), then won 11-1 against Japan's Tamami Horiuchi/Takahito Tomiyasu and 11-0 against Yukari Ido/Takahiro Ido (Okayama, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Yoshida/Shimizu earned 7.500 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Japan Mixed Doubles National Championship. For week 30 of the event schedule, Yoshida/Shimizu did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Yoshida/Shimizu 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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