Matsumura/Tanida Reaches Mixed Doubles Super Series

Chiaki Matsumura/Yasumasa Tanida (Nagano/Hokkaido, JPN) qualified for the Mixed Doubles Super Series - Halifax playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 7-4 against Marlee Powers/Luke Saunders (Halifax, NS). of the Mixed Doubles Super Series - Halifax in Halifax, Nova Scotia;

Matsumura/Tanida finished 4-1 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Matsumura/Tanida lost 6-3 to Lisa Weagle/John Epping (Toronto, ON), then responded with a 9-1 win over Marie Christianson/Nick Mosher (Halifax, NS). Matsumura/Tanida won 12-4 against Powers/Saunders, then won 9-8 against Therese Westman/Robin Ahlberg (Stockholm, SWE) and 9-3 against Lindsey Burgess/Todd Burgess (Truro, NS) in their final qualifying round match.

Matsumura/Tanida earned 18.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Mixed Doubles Super Series - Halifax, remaining in 806th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 177.938 total points. Matsumura/Tanida ranks 1st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 133.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	29	10	0	0.744	2-0	2-1	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	268	294	191	10.97	7.13	3.84	5.60	4.40	1.96	1.62	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	125	212	39	0	11-0	24-1	29-8	1.70	0.31	0.51	0.23

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	143	82	152	0	1-3	4-14	17-26	0.57	1.06	0.52	0.38

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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