Yanagisawa Reaches 2023 Scott Comfort RE/MAX Blue Chip Tour Spiel Semifinals

Karuizawa, Japan

SKIP
Riku
Yanagisawa

Third
Tsuyoshi
Yamaguchi

Second
Takeru
Yamamoto

Lead
Satoshi
Koizumi

Games:	6
Record:	4W - 2L
PF/G:	8.97
PA/G:	6.67
Hammer Efficiency:	0.53
Steal Defense:	0.11
Force Efficiency:	0.62
Steal Efficiency:	0.30

Riku Yanagisawa (Karuizawa, JPN) run at the 2023 Scott Comfort RE/MAX Blue Chip Tour Spiel came to an end in the semifinals with a 7-1 loss to Jason Jacobson (Saskatoon, SK). of the 2023 Scott Comfort RE/MAX Blue Chip Tour Spiel in Wadena, Saskatchewan, Canada; Yanagisawa advanced through the quarterfinals with a 9-7 win over Josh Heidt (Saskatoon, SK). of the 2023 Scott Comfort RE/MAX Blue Chip Tour Spiel in Wadena, Saskatchewan, Canada;

Yanagisawa finished 3-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Yanagisawa defeated Scott Comfort (Wadena, SK) 9-1, then won 8-4 against Nathen Pomedli (Saskatoon, SK). Yanagisawa went on to lose 5-4 against Jacobson. Yanagisawa responded with a 4-2 win over Brendan Ross (Swift Current, SK) in their final qualifying round match.

Yanagisawa earned 6.375 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Scott Comfort RE/MAX Blue Chip Tour Spiel. For week 21 of the event schedule, Yanagisawa did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 23rd place on the World Ranking Standings with 150.516 total points. Yanagisawa ranks 30th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 87.375 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	49	37	0	0.570	18-10	9-2	8-8	2-0	1-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	661	514	391	7.78	5.92	1.86	4.58	3.89	1.70	1.52	1.53

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	329	383	69	55	11-0	26-3	76-9	1.16	0.21	0.41	0.16

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	332	131	322	46	4-4	8-23	16-60	0.39	0.97	0.57	0.25

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