Watanabe3-2 at 2019 WCT Kurosawa Cup

Tokyo, Japan

Fourth
Akira
Otsuka

SKIP
Tomoya
Watanabe

Second
Yuta
Higuchi

Lead
Tsubasa
Gotou

Games:	5
Record:	3W - 2L
PF/G:	9.12
PA/G:	6.47
Hammer Efficiency:	0.33
Steal Defense:	0.50
Force Efficiency:	0.80
Steal Efficiency:	0.39

Tomoya Watanabe (Tokyo, JPN) finished 3-2 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Watanabe defeated Minako Tsuji (Karuizawa, JPN) 12-4, then won 8-4 against Hiromitsu Fujinaka (Okayama, JPN). Watanabe went on to lose 5-0 against Kenji Komoda (Sagamihara, JPN). Watanabe responded with a 7-4 win over Takashi Kawahara (Niigata, JPN). Watanabe went on to lose 5-4 against Marina Oiwa (Miyota, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

. Watanabe gained -1.165 points improving upon their best 8 events, though dropped 10 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 238thplace overall with 9.549 total points. Watanabe ranks 246th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 7.221 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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