Fujisawa/Yamaguchi Finishes Fourth at 2023 Japan Mixed Doubles National Championship

Games:	9
Record:	7W - 2L
PF/G:	11.82
PA/G:	5.91
Hammer Efficiency:	0.60
Steal Defense:	0.10
Force Efficiency:	0.59
Steal Efficiency:	0.39

Satsuki Fujisawa/Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (Kitami, JPN) lost 9-6 to Yurika Yoshida/Yuta Matsumura (Kitami, JPN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2023 Japan Mixed Doubles National Championship in . of the 2023 Japan Mixed Doubles National Championship in ; Satsuki Fujisawa/Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (Kitami, JPN) lost 9-6 to Yurika Yoshida/Yuta Matsumura (Kitami, JPN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2023 Japan Mixed Doubles National Championship in . Fujisawa/Yamaguchi lost 8-7 to Tori Koana/Go Aoki (Yamanashi, JPN) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game. of the 2023 Japan Mixed Doubles National Championship in ; and won 7-1 over Michiko Tomabechi/Kenji Tomabechi (Hokkaido, JPN) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 Japan Mixed Doubles National Championship in ;

Fujisawa/Yamaguchi finished 6-0 in the 21-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Fujisawa/Yamaguchi defeated Yu Yokoyama/Tsuyoshi Morimoto (Tokyo, JPN) 11-1, then won 11-3 against Masami Kitamura/Tomokazu Kitamura (Okayama, JPN) and 8-7 against Japan's Mika Okuyama/Hiroto Naba. Fujisawa/Yamaguchi won 11-2 against Japan's Yoko Miura/Shinichi Tokuyama, then won 8-2 against Mami Yamada/Yuuma Tanabe (Morioka, JPN) and 9-6 against Yoshida/Matsumura in their final qualifying round match.

With their fourth place finish at the Japan Mixed Doubles National Championship, Fujisawa/Yamaguchi take home 10.000 world rankings points, dropping 742 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 742nd place overall with 10.000 total points. Fujisawa/Yamaguchi ranks 163rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 10.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023				---	-	-	-	-	-

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023				0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	0				-	-	-	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	0				-	-	-	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

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