Tanaka2-2 at 2019 Obihiro ICE Gold Cup

Aomori, Japan

Fourth
Emiko
Koyama

Third
Aki
Goto

Second
Haruka
Kihara

SKIP
Misaki
Tanaka

Games:	7
Record:	5W - 2L
PF/G:	10.21
PA/G:	5.74
Hammer Efficiency:	0.39
Steal Defense:	0.15
Force Efficiency:	0.64
Steal Efficiency:	0.41

Misaki Tanaka (Aomori, JPN) finished 2-2 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Tanaka lost 6-4 to Mayu Minami (Sapporo, JPN), then responded with a 8-2 win over Miki Hayashi (Sapporo, JPN). Tanaka won 13-1 against Yuri Suzuki (Obihiro, JPN). Tanaka went on to lose 5-3 against Asuka Kanai (Nagano, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Obihiro ICE Gold Cup Championship title, Tanaka earned 8.923 world rankings points along with the $6,016CDN first prize cheque, moving up 69 spots the World Ranking Standings into 155th place overall with 11.063 total points. Tanaka ranks 46th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 8.923 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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