CHAMPION: Matsumura/Tanida Wins 2023 Japan Mixed Doubles National Championship

Chiaki Matsumura/Yasumasa Tanida (Nagano, JPN) won 8-7 over Tori Koana/Go Aoki (Yamanashi, JPN) in the Final of the Japan Mixed Doubles National Championship, held February 21 - 26, 2023 in . To advance to the championship game, Matsumura/Tanida won 7-6 over Yurika Yoshida/Yuta Matsumura (Kitami, JPN) in the semifinals of the 2023 Japan Mixed Doubles National Championship in ; and won 7-3 over Japan's Mika Okuyama/Hiroto Naba in the quarterfinals.

Matsumura/Tanida finished 6-0 in the 21-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Matsumura/Tanida defeated Hinako Sonobe/Ryo Ogihara (Karuizawa, JPN) 11-2, then won 12-1 against Japan's Tamami Horiuchi/Takahito Tomiyasu and 9-8 against Chinami Yoshida/Tetsuro Shimizu (Kitami, JPN). Matsumura/Tanida won 8-5 against Kohane Tsuruga/Takaaki Minami (Sapporo, JPN), then won 14-2 against Yukari Ido/Takahiro Ido (Okayama, JPN) and 8-2 against Japan's Arisa Funaki/Yuto Kamada in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Japan Mixed Doubles National Championship Championship title, Matsumura/Tanida earned 18.750 world rankings points, dropping 19 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 742nd place overall with 120.654 total points. Matsumura/Tanida ranks 7th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 116.250 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

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