Fujii3-1 at 2023 Minebea Mitsumi Cup

SKIP
Kaito
Fujii

Third
Miharu
Kubota

Second
Ruki
Yokoyama

Lead
Ryouga
Sakurai

Kaito Fujii (Miyota, JPN) finished 3-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Fujii defeated Hiroki Hasegawa (Tokyo, JPN) 7-4, then won 6-3 against Minato Hayamizu (Nagano, JPN) and 4-1 against Kouki Tonuma (Tokyo, JPN). Fujii went on to lose 4-4 against Japan's Shun Ichitsubo in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Minebea Mitsumi Cup Championship title, Fujii earned 3.750 world rankings points along with the $1,388CDN first prize cheque, moving up 136 spots the World Ranking Standings into 247th place overall with 5.025 total points. Fujii ranks 131st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 3.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	10	2	1	0.833	5-2	5-1	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	95	89	48	9.37	5.05	4.32	5.47	3.58	1.71	1.41	0.95

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	40	45	13	5	2-0	2-0	7-3	1.13	0.33	0.31	0.25

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	55	44	35	4	3-0	1-2	5-7	0.80	0.64	0.63	0.49

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