CHAMPION: Sidorova Wins 2019 Karuizawa International

Moscow, Russia

SKIP
Anna
Sidorova

Third
Julia
Portunova

Second
Olga
Kotelnikova

Lead
Julia
Guzieva

Games:	8
Record:	8W - 0L
PF/G:	10.75
PA/G:	4.34
Hammer Efficiency:	0.65
Steal Defense:	0.14
Force Efficiency:	0.75
Steal Efficiency:	0.35

Anna Sidorova (Moscow, RUS) won 5-4 over Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN) in the Final To advance to the championship game, Sidorova won 9-4 over Tabitha Peterson (McFarland , USA) in the semifinals of the 2019 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan; and won 9-2 over Mayu Minami (Sapporo, JPN) in the quarterfinals.

Sidorova finished 5-0 in the 12 team Karuizawa International qualifying round, held December 19 - 22, 2019 in , . In their opening game, Sidorova defeated Fujisawa 5-4, then won 9-2 against Minami and 7-3 against Misako Kawahira (Obihiro, JPN). Sidorova won 5-2 against Jamie Sinclair (Charlotte, NC), then won 8-2 against Seina Nakajima (Nagano, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Karuizawa International Championship title, Sidorova earned 43.313 world rankings points along with the $15,628CDN first prize cheque, moving up 8 spots the World Ranking Standings into 26th place overall with 184.277 total points. Sidorova ranks 27th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 114.303 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2020	8	0	0	1.000	2-0	3-0	1-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2020	53	57	23	10.75	4.34	6.42	5.28	3.58	2.04	1.21	1.13

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2020	22	35	3	2	1-0	3-0	9-0	1.59	0.14	0.65	0.14

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2020	31	22	20	4	1-0	3-0	2-4	0.71	0.65	0.75	0.35

2019: Anna Sidorova
Anna Sidorova, Julia Portunova, Olga Kotelnikova, Julia Guzieva
Moscow, RUS
2018: Anna Sidorova
Anna Sidorova, Margarita Fomina, Julia Portunova, Julia Guzieva
Moscow, RUS
2017: Satsuki Fujisawa
Satsuki Fujisawa, Chinami Yoshida, Yumi Suzuki, Yurika Yoshida, Mari Motohashi
Kitami, JPN
2016: Un-Chi Gim
Un-Chi Gim, Min-Ji Um, Seul-Bee Lee, Yoon-Jung Yeom, Ye-Eun Seol
Gyeonggi-do, KOR
2015: Ayumi Ogasawara
Ayumi Ogasawara, Sayaka Yoshimura, Kaho Onodera, Anna Ohmiya, Yumie Funayama
Sapporo, JPN
2014: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2013: Binia Feltscher
Binia Feltscher, Irene Schori, Franziska Kaufmann, Christine Urech
Flims, SUI

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