Kanai2-2 at 2022 Womens Masters Basel

Karuizawa, Japan

SKIP
Asuka
Kanai

Third
Ami
Enami

Second
Junko
Nishimuro

Lead
Mone
Ryokawa

Games:	4
Record:	2W - 2L
PF/G:	5.86
PA/G:	7.24
Hammer Efficiency:	0.29
Steal Defense:	0.25
Force Efficiency:	0.70
Steal Efficiency:	0.08

Asuka Kanai (Karuizawa, JPN) finished 2-2 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kanai lost 4-1 to Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI), then responded with a 8-7 win over Corrie Huerlimann (Zug, SUI). Kanai won 6-2 against Evelina Barone (Riga, LAT). Kanai went on to lose 8-2 against Eirin Mesloe (Lillehammer, NOR) in their final qualifying round match.

Kanai earned 3.750 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. Kanai move up 3 spots after posting a net gain of 2.625 points improving upon their best 2 results so far this season, ranking 77th overall with 25.175 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Kanai ranks 36th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 17.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	24	16	0	0.600	12-5	3-3	3-1	1-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	311	251	216	8.07	6.95	1.13	4.98	4.08	1.62	1.70	0.93

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	150	177	46	11	4-0	9-1	38-13	1.18	0.31	0.37	0.21

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	161	74	170	18	2-7	3-9	14-32	0.46	1.06	0.50	0.29

2022: Raphaela Keiser
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St. Moritz, SUI
2021: Madeleine Dupont
Madeleine Dupont, Mathilde Halse, Denise Dupont, My Larsen, Lina Knudsen
Hvidovre, DEN
2019: Silvana Tirinzoni
Alina Paetz, Silvana Tirinzoni, Esther Neuenschwander, Melanie Barbezat
Aarau, SUI
2018: Elena Stern
Briar Schwaller, Elena Stern, Lisa Gisler, Celine Koller
Oberwallis , SUI
2017: Bingyu Wang
Bingyu Wang, Yan Zhou, Jinli Liu, Jingyi Ma, Ziqi Dong
Harbin, CHN
2016: Eve Muirhead
Eve Muirhead, Anna Sloan, Vicki Chalmers, Lauren Gray
Perth, SCO
2015: Anna Sidorova
Anna Sidorova, Margarita Fomina, Aleksandra Raeva, Alina Kovaleva
Moscow, RUS
2014: Binia Feltscher
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Flims, SUI
2013: Silvana Tirinzoni
Silvana Tirinzoni, Manuela Siegrist, Esther Neuenschwander, Marlene Albrecht, Jenny Perret
Aarau, SUI
2012: Margaretha Sigfridsson
Maria Prytz, Christina Bertrup, Maria Wennerstroem, Margaretha Sigfridsson
Skelleftea, SWE
2011: Margaretha Sigfridsson
Margaretha Sigfridsson, Christina Bertrup, Maria Wennerstroem, Maria Prytz
Skelleftea, SWE
2010: Andrea Schoepp
Andrea Schoepp, Imogen Oona Lehmann, Monika Wagner, Stella Heiss
, GER
2009: Anette Norberg
Anette Norberg, Eva Lund, Cathrine Lindahl, Anna Le Moine
, SWE
2008: Anette Norberg
Anette Norberg, Eva Lund, Cathrine Lindahl, Anna Le Moine, Ulrika Bergman
, SWE
2007: Anette Norberg
Anette Norberg, Eva Lund, Cathrine Lindahl, Anna Le Moine, Ulrika Bergman
, SWE
2006: Anette Norberg
Anette Norberg, Eva Lund, Cathrine Lindahl, Anna Le Moine, Ulrika Bergman
, SWE

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