Kanai4-4 at 2022 Japan Curling Championships

SKIP
Asuka
Kanai

Third
Ami
Enami

Second
Mone
Ryokawa

Lead
Junko
Nishimuro

Asuka Kanai (Karuizawa, JPN) finished 4-4 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kanai lost 7-3 to Momoha Tabata (Sapporo, JPN), then responded with a 9-3 win over Kana Ogawa (Sapporo, JPN). Kanai went on to lose 8-4 against Japan's Miori Nakamura. Kanai responded with a 9-1 win over Yuna Kotani (Fujiyoshida, JPN). Kanai went on to lose 8-4 against Ikue Kitazawa (Nagano, JPN). Kanai responded with a 6-5 win over Yuki Shibuto (Hiroshima, JPN). Kanai won 6-5 against Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN). Kanai went on to lose 8-0 against Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Kanai earned 7.422 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 53 spots the World Ranking Standings into 143rd place overall with 10.235 total points. Kanai ranks 143rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 10.235 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	1	2	0	0.333	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	22	11	24	5.00	10.91	-5.91	3.18	6.36	1.57	1.71	0.45

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	15	9	17	1	0-1	1-2	2-1	0.60	1.13	0.21	0.60

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	7	2	7	0	0-0	0-0	0-2	0.29	1.00	0.60	0.29

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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