Matsumura/Tanida Runner-Up at 2023 Mixed Doubles Super Series

Chiaki Matsumura/Yasumasa Tanida (Nagano/Hokkaido, JPN) lost 11-4 to Tori Koana/Go Aoki (Karuizawa, JPN) in the Final of the Mixed Doubles Super Series - Moose Jaw, held October 26 - 29, 2023 at the Moose Jaw Ford Curling Centre in Moose Jaw, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Matsumura/Tanida won 8-7 over Jiyoon Kim/ByeongJin Jeong (Seoul, KOR) in the semifinals of the 2023 Mixed Doubles Super Series - Moose Jaw in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada; and won 6-3 over Nancy Martin/Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 Mixed Doubles Super Series - Moose Jaw in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada;

Matsumura/Tanida finished 5-0 in the 17-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Matsumura/Tanida defeated Olivia Jones/Dustin Mikush (Saskatoon, SK) 7-1, then won 8-4 against Martin/Laycock and 8-3 against Meghan Walter/Catlin Schneider (Winnipeg, MB). Matsumura/Tanida won 8-4 against Jill Springer/Garret Springer (Regina, SK), then won 8-3 against Saskatchewan's Shelby Lamontagne/Grady LaMontagne in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Mixed Doubles Super Series - Moose Jaw, Matsumura/Tanida take home 24.750 world rankings points along with the $4,000CDN prize, remaining in 806th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 2.656 after improving upon their best so far this season. Matsumura/Tanida ranks 1st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 77.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	29	10	0	0.744	2-0	2-1	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	268	294	191	10.97	7.13	3.84	5.60	4.40	1.96	1.62	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	125	212	39	0	11-0	24-1	29-8	1.70	0.31	0.51	0.23

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	143	82	152	0	1-3	4-14	17-26	0.57	1.06	0.52	0.38

Gangwon Province's Park Jong-duk (Photo: Steve Seixeiro/WCF) will try to make it a second straight national title this week in Uijeongbu.

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