CHAMPION: Matsumura/Tanida Wins 2023 MadTown DoubleDown Presented by Revive Restoration

Games:	8
Record:	7W - 1L
PF/G:	11.70
PA/G:	6.04
Hammer Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Defense:	0.19
Force Efficiency:	0.71
Steal Efficiency:	0.37

Chiaki Matsumura/Yasumasa Tanida (Nagano/Hokkaido, JPN) won 7-2 over Laura Walker/Kirk Muyres (Edmonton, AB) in the Final of the MadTown DoubleDown Presented by Revive Restoration, held January 6 - 8, 2023 at the Madison Curling Club in McFarland, United States. To advance to the championship game, Matsumura/Tanida won 9-8 over Nancy Martin/Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK) in the semifinals of the 2023 MadTown DoubleDown Presented by Revive Restoration in McFarland, Wisconsin, United States; and won 9-3 over Shannon Birchard/John Morris (Winnipeg, MB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 MadTown DoubleDown Presented by Revive Restoration in McFarland, Wisconsin, United States;

Matsumura/Tanida finished 4-1 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Matsumura/Tanida defeated Rachel Kawleski/Josh Moore (Fargo, ND) 7-2, then went on to lose 9-3 against Aileen Geving/John Shuster (Duluth, MN). Matsumura/Tanida responded with a 9-3 win over Lorna Cagann/Matthew Sherry (Madison, WI). Matsumura/Tanida won 9-3 against Vicky Persinger/Christopher Plys (Fairbanks, AK), then won 9-2 against Kirby Gill/Hunter Clawson (Brisbane , AUS) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the MadTown DoubleDown Presented by Revive Restoration Championship title, Matsumura/Tanida earned 30.000 world rankings points along with the $9,384CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 564th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 25.596 after improving upon their best so far this season. Matsumura/Tanida ranks 7th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 97.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	31	8	0	0.795	5-2	5-0	2-1	1-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	285	270	197	9.47	6.91	2.56	5.47	4.49	1.73	1.54	0.04

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	134	196	51	0	12-2	14-1	29-7	1.46	0.38	0.41	0.27

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	151	74	146	1	0-5	2-6	12-26	0.49	0.97	0.60	0.38

2024: Sarah Anderson
Sarah Anderson, Andrew Stopera , Mark Lazar
Minneapolis, MN
2023: Chiaki Matsumura
Chiaki Matsumura, Yasumasa Tanida
Nagano/Hokkaido, JPN
2019: Anna Hasselborg
Anna Hasselborg, Oskar Eriksson , Mathias Hasselborg
Sundbyberg, SWE
2018: Monica Walker
Monica Walker, Alex Leichter
Boston, MA

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