Kanai Reaches 2018 Karuizawa International Quarters

Karuizwaw, Japan

SKIP
Asuka
Kanai

Third
Miyu
Ueno

Second
Yui
Ueno

Lead
Hinako
Sonobe

Games:	5
Record:	2W - 3L
PF/G:	6.67
PA/G:	6.41
Hammer Efficiency:	0.29
Steal Defense:	0.07
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.20

Asuka Kanai (Karuizwaw, JPN) qualified for the 2018 Karuizawa International playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 6-5 against Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN). of the 2018 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan;

Kanai finished 2-2 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kanai defeated Tori Koana (Fujiyoshida, JPN) 6-4, then went on to lose 6-5 against Eun-jin Oh (Jeonju, KOR). Kanai responded with a 6-4 win over Mayu Minami (Aomori, JPN). Kanai went on to lose 5-4 against Laura Walker (Edmonton, CAN) in their final qualifying round match.

Kanai earned 12.962 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Karuizawa International, moving up 105 spots the World Ranking Standings into 160th place overall with 13.689 total points. Kanai ranks 145th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 12.962 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

2024: Sayaka Yoshimura
Sayaka Yoshimura, Yuna Kotani, Kaho Onodera, Anna Ohmiya, Mina Kobayashi
Sapporo, JPN
2023: Ikue Kitazawa
Ikue Kitazawa, Seina Nakajima, Minori Suzuki, Hasumi Ishigooka, Ami Enami
Nagano, JPN
2022: Eunjung Kim
Eunjung Kim, Kyeongae Kim, Chohi Kim, Seonyeong Kim, Yeongmi Kim, Myungsup Lim
Gangneung , KOR
2019: Anna Sidorova
Anna Sidorova, Julia Portunova, Olga Kotelnikova, Julia Guzieva , Svetlana Kalalb
Moscow, RUS
2018: Anna Sidorova
Anna Sidorova, Margarita Fomina, Julia Portunova, Julia Guzieva , Svetlana Kalalb
Moscow, RUS
2017: Satsuki Fujisawa
Satsuki Fujisawa, Chinami Yoshida, Yumi Suzuki, Yurika Yoshida, Mari Motohashi
Kitami, JPN
2016: Eun ji Gim
Eun ji Gim, Min-Ji Um, SeulBee Lee, Yoon-Jung Yeom, Ye eun Seol
Gyeonggi-do, KOR
2015: Ayumi Ogasawara
Ayumi Ogasawara, Sayaka Yoshimura, Kaho Onodera, Anna Ohmiya, Yumie Funayama, Fuji Miki
Sapporo, JPN
2014: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2013: Binia Feltscher
Binia Feltscher, Irene Schori, Franziska Kaufmann, Christine Urech
Flims, SUI

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