Raju2-3 at 2024 WCT Belgium Men's Challenge

Hyderabad, India

SKIP
P.N.
Raju

Third
Girithar
Anthay

Second
Kishan
Vasant

Lead
Vinay
Goenka

Games:	7
Record:	3W - 4L
PF/G:	8.65
PA/G:	9.23
Hammer Efficiency:	0.40
Steal Defense:	0.31
Force Efficiency:	0.41
Steal Efficiency:	0.31

P.N. Raju (Hyderabad, IN) finished 2-3 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Raju defeated Sebastiaan Dalle (Zemst, BEL) 7-6, then went on to lose 9-4 against Timothy Verreycken (Zemst, BEL). Raju lost 8-6 to Matias Hanninen (Joensuu, FIN) where Raju responded with a 12-5 win over Gabor Eszol (Budapest, HUN). Raju went on to lose 8-2 against PaweÅ Hertman (Lodz, POL) in their final qualifying round match.

Raju earned 1.063 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the WCT Belgium Men's Challenge, moving up 40 spots the World Ranking Standings into 289th place overall with 3.376 total points. Raju ranks 309th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 2.001 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	6	15	0	0.286	0-1	0-1	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	158	106	164	6.71	10.38	-3.67	4.11	5.00	1.63	2.08	0.89

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	85	76	55	9	3-3	2-4	16-8	0.89	0.65	0.28	0.34

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	73	30	109	5	2-5	1-12	4-18	0.41	1.49	0.30	0.25

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