Kanai1-6 at 2019 China Open

Nagano, Japan

SKIP
Asuka
Kanai

Third
Ami
Enami

Second
Miyu
Ueno

Lead
Mone
Ryokawa

Games:	7
Record:	1W - 6L
PF/G:	5.60
PA/G:	10.00
Hammer Efficiency:	0.30
Steal Defense:	0.29
Force Efficiency:	0.33
Steal Efficiency:	0.19

Asuka Kanai (Nagano, JPN) finished 1-6 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kanai lost 9-3 to Alina Kovaleva (Saint-Petersburg , RUS), then responded with a 5-2 win over Yu Han (Beijing, CHN). Kanai went on to lose 6-4 against Daniela Jentsch (Fuessen, GER). Kanai lost 8-6 to Corryn Brown (Kamloops, BC). Kanai lost 8-4 to Irene Schori (Limmattal, SUI). Kanai lost 7-3 to Madison Bear (St.Paul, MN). Kanai lost 10-3 to EunJung Kim (Uiseong, KOR) in their final qualifying round match.

Kanai earned 1.761 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. Kanai move up 8 spots after posting a net gain of 0.945 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 160th overall with 10.380 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Kanai ranks 155th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 7.115 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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