CHAMPION: Fujisawa Wins 2023 Co-op Canadian Open

SKIP
Satsuki
Fujisawa

Third
Chinami
Yoshida

Second
Yumi
Suzuki

Lead
Yurika
Yoshida

Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN) won 5-3 over Kerri Einarson (Gimli, MB) in the Final of the Co-op Canadian Open, held January 10 - 15, 2023 in Camrose, Alberta. To advance to the championship game, Fujisawa won 7-6 over Eun ji Gim (Uijeongbu, KOR) in the semifinals of the 2023 Co-op Canadian Open in Camrose, Alberta; and won 8-7 over Anna Hasselborg (Sundbyberg, SWE) in the quarterfinals.

Fujisawa finished 3-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Fujisawa defeated Raphaela Keiser (St. Moritz, SUI) 8-6, then won 8-6 against Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI) and 5-4 against Einarson in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Co-op Canadian Open Championship title, Fujisawa earned 75.000 world rankings points along with the $35,000CDN first prize cheque. Fujisawa move up 3 spots after posting a net gain of 64.5 points improving upon their best 6 results so far this season, ranking 4th overall with 313.087 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Fujisawa ranks 5th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 228.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	61	31	0	0.663	24-10	7-10	3-5	1-0	0-3

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	730	603	447	8.26	6.12	2.14	4.90	4.01	1.68	1.53	1.08

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	360	412	100	53	14-2	26-3	82-15	1.14	0.28	0.40	0.20

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	370	191	347	26	2-4	15-16	31-81	0.52	0.94	0.54	0.34

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