CHAMPION: Fujisawa Wins 2020 Japan National Championship

Kitami, Japan

SKIP
Satsuki
Fujisawa

Third
Chinami
Yoshida

Second
Yumi
Suzuki

Lead
Yurika
Yoshida

Games:	10
Record:	9W - 1L
PF/G:	8.90
PA/G:	4.51
Hammer Efficiency:	0.52
Steal Defense:	0.05
Force Efficiency:	0.68
Steal Efficiency:	0.29

Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN) won 7-6 over Seina Nakajima (Nagano, JPN) in the Final

Fujisawa finished 7-1 in the 9 team Japan National Championship qualifying round, held February 9 - 16, 2029 at the Karuizawa Curling Club in Karuizawa, Japan. In their opening game, Fujisawa defeated Yuki Shibuto (Hiroshima, JPN) 10-1, then won 13-2 against Shiori Fujisawa (Karuizawa, JPN) and 8-2 against Yumiko Kashiwagi (Karuizawa, JPN). Fujisawa won 9-2 against Shinobu Aota (Aomori, JPN), then won 8-6 against Honoka Sasaki (Sapporo, JPN) and 9-6 against Tori Koana (Yamanashi, JPN). Fujisawa won 5-4 against Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN). Fujisawa went on to lose 8-7 against Nakajima in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Japan National Championship Championship title, Fujisawa earned 43.641 world rankings points, remaining in 4th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 11.137 after improving upon their best so far this season. Fujisawa ranks 4th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 342.872 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2020	9	1	0	0.900	5-0	2-1	1-1	0-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2020	91	81	41	8.90	4.51	4.40	5.05	3.30	1.76	1.37	1.65

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2020	40	58	2	7	2-0	6-0	9-0	1.45	0.05	0.52	0.05

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2020	51	23	39	8	1-0	1-2	3-7	0.45	0.76	0.68	0.29

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