Tanaka/Sato Runner-Up at Obihiro Spring Cup

Moka Tanaka/Koei Sato (Obihiro, JPN) lost 10-7 to Miyu Ueno/Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (Karuizawa, JPN) in the Final of the Obihiro Spring Cup, held June 26 - 29 in Obihiro, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Tanaka/Sato won 9-5 over Wakaba Matsuda/Shunya Matsuda (Sapporo, JPN) in the semifinals

Tanaka/Sato finished 5-0 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Tanaka/Sato defeated Hikari Yoshino/Ayumu Ohta (Obihiro, JPN) 7-6, then won 10-1 against Arisa Funaki/Yuto Kamada (Aomori, JPN) and 5-4 against Aone Nakamura/Hinata Michitani (Sapporo, JPN). Tanaka/Sato won 11-7 against Yuri Suzuki/Kazushi Niino (Obihiro, JPN), then won 8-3 against Tomoko Takeda/Naomasa Takeda (Nayoro, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Tanaka/Sato 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

Chaska's Tabitha Peterson (photo: Joao Boente) defeated Scotland's Rebecca Morrison 5-2 in the final of the Euro Super Series in Stirling, Scotland.

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