Usui

Sapporo, Japan

SKIP
Shingo
Usui

Third
Yuya
Takigahira

Second
Tatsuki
Sasaki

Lead
Kazuki
Yoshikawa

Games:	9
Record:	4W - 5L
PF/G:	5.80
PA/G:	7.16
Hammer Efficiency:	0.28
Steal Defense:	0.20
Force Efficiency:	0.58
Steal Efficiency:	0.23

Shingo Usui (Sapporo, JPN) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, Usui finished 4-4 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Usui defeated Taisel Miura (Hokkaido, JPN) 7-3, then went on to lose 6-2 against Junpei Kanda (Tokyo, JPN). Usui responded with a 7-5 win over Kota Onodera (Hokkaido, JPN). Usui went on to lose 9-5 against Yuki Sawamukai (Hokkaido, JPN). Usui lost 12-3 to Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN) where Usui responded with a 9-5 win over Hiromitsu Fujinaka (Okayama, JPN). Usui won 7-5 against Ryo Ogihara (Karuizawa, JPN). Usui went on to lose 6-2 against Shinya Abe (Sapporo, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Usui earned 1.710 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 66 spots the World Ranking Standings into 432nd place overall with 2.812 total points. Usui ranks 356th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 2.338 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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