Konno/Machinaga1-3 at 2020 WCT-JAPAN Nayoro Mixed Doubles Spiel

Chihiro Konno/Muneatsu Machinaga (Abashiri, JPN) finished 1-3 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Konno/Machinaga lost 9-5 to Chika Ishikawa/Masaki Ishikawa (Sapporo, JPN), droppimg another game, 10-5 to Honoka Sasaki/Souta Tsuruga (Sapporo, JPN). Konno/Machinaga lost 9-3 to Miho Fujimori/Yuki Yamamoto (Obihiro, JPN) where Konno/Machinaga responded with a 5-4 win over Ruka Nitta/Tsubasa Nakagawa (Obihiro, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Konno/Machinaga earned 0.356 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 24 of the event schedule, Konno/Machinaga did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 668th place on the World Ranking Standings with 0.000 total points. Konno/Machinaga ranks 483rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 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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