Ueno/Yamaguchi4-5 at 2024 Japanese Mixed Doubles National Championship

Miyu Ueno/Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (Karuizawa, JPN) finished 4-5 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ueno/Yamaguchi lost 9-3 to Tori Koana/Go Aoki (Yamanasshi, JPN), then responded with a 6-4 win over Arisa Funaki/Yuto Kamada (Aomori, JPN). Ueno/Yamaguchi won 12-2 against Minako Tsuji/Akira Kageyama (Okayama, JPN). Ueno/Yamaguchi went on to lose 9-8 against Yui Ozeki/Ryo Aoki (Tokyo, JPN). Ueno/Yamaguchi responded with a 10-2 win over Asami Yamamoto/Seiji Yamamoto (Chubu, JPN). Ueno/Yamaguchi went on to lose 8-4 against Moka Tanaka/Koei Sato (Morioka, JPN). Ueno/Yamaguchi lost 9-3 to Ikue Kitazawa/Shingo Usui (Nagano, JPN). Ueno/Yamaguchi lost 7-6 to Chiaki Matsumura/Yasumasa Tanida (Nagano, JPN) where Ueno/Yamaguchi responded with a 8-6 win over Yumiko Kashiwagi/Koji Nisato (Nagano, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Ueno/Yamaguchi earned 5.250 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 19 of the event schedule, Ueno/Yamaguchi did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 94th to 96th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 15.900 total points. Ueno/Yamaguchi ranks 468th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 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

Stefania Constantini and Amos Mosaner (Photo: Stephen Fisher/World Curling) are semifinal bound after picking up an eighth victory in Fredericton.

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