Yanagisawa2-3 at 2024 HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 2

Karuizawa, Japan

SKIP
Riku
Yanagisawa

Third
Tsuyoshi
Yamaguchi

Second
Takeru
Yamamoto

Lead
Satoshi
Koizumi

Games:	5
Record:	2W - 3L
PF/G:	5.50
PA/G:	5.25
Hammer Efficiency:	0.25
Steal Defense:	0.15
Force Efficiency:	0.69
Steal Efficiency:	0.20

Riku Yanagisawa (Karuizawa, JPN) finished 2-3 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Yanagisawa lost 4-3 to Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN), then responded with a 6-5 win over Wouter Gosgens (Zoetermeer, NED). Yanagisawa won 5-2 against Owen Purcell (Halifax, NS). Yanagisawa went on to lose 5-4 against Marc Muskatewitz (Fuessen, GER). Yanagisawa lost 5-4 to Kyle Waddell (Stirling, SCO) in their final qualifying round match.

Yanagisawa earned 4.125 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 10 of the event schedule, Yanagisawa did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Yanagisawa 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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