Yoshimura Reaches HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 2 Quarters

SKIP
Sayaka
Yoshimura

Third
Yuna
Kotani

Second
Kaho
Onodera

Lead
Anna
Ohmiya

Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN) qualified for the HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 2 playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 7-6 against Danielle Inglis (Ottawa, ON).

Yoshimura finished 4-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Yoshimura defeated Jessie Hunkin (Spruce Grove, AB) 4-3, then won 6-4 against Michele Jaeggi (Bern, SUI) and 9-3 against Delaney Strouse (Traverse City, MI). Yoshimura won 5-3 against Kayla Skrlik (Calgary, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

Yoshimura earned 16.500 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 2, remaining in 20th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 0.91400000000002 after improving upon their best so far this season. Yoshimura ranks 14th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 83.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	61	22	0	0.735	20-4	14-4	4-3	0-0	1-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	596	539	331	9.04	5.55	3.49	5.17	3.76	1.75	1.48	1.07

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	265	342	66	30	10-1	23-2	76-9	1.29	0.25	0.46	0.19

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	331	197	265	34	5-2	15-12	26-61	0.60	0.80	0.57	0.37

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