Maeda Runner-Up at Saville Grand Prix

Tokoro, Japan

SKIP
Takumi
Maeda

Third
Asei
Nakahara

Second
Hiroki
Maeda

Lead
Uryu
Kamikawa

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	8.30
PA/G:	6.23
Hammer Efficiency:	0.55
Steal Defense:	0.12
Force Efficiency:	0.47
Steal Efficiency:	0.26

Takumi Maeda (Tokoro, JPN) lost 6-4 to Korey Dropkin (Duluth, MN) in the Final of the Saville Grand Prix, held November 1 - 3 at the Saville Community Sports Centre in Edmonton, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Maeda won 8-4 over Zach Davies (Edmonton, AB) in the semifinals of the Saville Grand Prix in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; and won 6-5 over James Ballance (Okotoks/Edmonton, AB) in the quarterfinals. of the Saville Grand Prix in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada;

Maeda finished 4-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Maeda defeated Peter Hlushak (Spruce Grove, AB) 6-4, then won 7-6 against Ryan Jacques (Edmonton, AB) and 6-2 against Johnson Tao (Edmonton, AB). Maeda won 7-6 against Dropkin in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Saville Grand Prix, Maeda take home 16.500 world rankings points along with the $4,000CDN prize. For week 14 of the event schedule, Maeda did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Maeda ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

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