Kitamura/Kitamura2-4 at 2023 Japan Mixed Doubles National Championship

Masami Kitamura/Tomokazu Kitamura (Okayama, JPN) finished 2-4 in the 21-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kitamura/Kitamura defeated Mami Yamada/Yuuma Tanabe (Morioka, JPN) 9-5, then went on to lose 11-3 against Satsuki Fujisawa/Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (Kitami, JPN). Kitamura/Kitamura responded with a 8-4 win over Japan's Yoko Miura/Shinichi Tokuyama. Kitamura/Kitamura went on to lose 11-2 against Yurika Yoshida/Yuta Matsumura (Kitami, JPN). Kitamura/Kitamura lost 7-6 to Japan's Mika Okuyama/Hiroto Naba. Kitamura/Kitamura lost 9-3 to Yu Yokoyama/Tsuyoshi Morimoto (Tokyo, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Kitamura/Kitamura earned 1.875 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 30 of the event schedule, Kitamura/Kitamura did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Kitamura/Kitamura ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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

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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