Kasai1-3 at 2023 ARGO GRAPHICS Cup

SKIP
Yutaro
Kasai

Third
Takanori
Hirano

Second
Kenji
Takamatsu

Lead
Naomasa
Takeda

Yutaro Kasai (Sapporo, JPN) finished 1-3 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kasai lost 9-2 to Shinya Abe (Sapporo, JPN), droppimg another game, 5-2 to Hayato Sato (Sapporo, JPN) where Kasai responded with a 7-6 win over Hiroyuki Honda (Kitami, JPN). Kasai went on to lose 7-6 against Toa Nakahara (Kitami, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Kasai earned 0.750 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 29 spots the World Ranking Standings into 311th place overall with 2.844 total points. Kasai ranks 46th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.750 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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