Japan's Mikoto Nakajima/Shingo Usui6-3 at 2024 ZEH-NOH Japan Mixed Doubles Curling Championship

Games:	9
Record:	6W - 3L
PF/G:	8.17
PA/G:	7.18
Hammer Efficiency:	0.24
Steal Defense:	0.24
Force Efficiency:	0.58
Steal Efficiency:	0.37

Japan's Mikoto Nakajima/Shingo Usui finished 6-3 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Japan's Mikoto Nakajima/Shingo Usui lost 9-4 to Japan's Tori Koana/Go Aoki, then responded with a 6-5 win over Japan's Yui Ozeki/Ryo Aoki. Japan's Mikoto Nakajima/Shingo Usui won 7-4 against Japan's Rio Matsubara/Towa Matsubara, then won 12-1 against Japan's Yukari Ido/Takahiro Ido and 7-6 against Japan's Miku Nihira/Tetsuro Shimizu. Japan's Mikoto Nakajima/Shingo Usui went on to lose 8-4 against Miyu Ueno/Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (Karuizawa, JPN). Japan's Mikoto Nakajima/Shingo Usui responded with a 7-6 win over Japan's Chiaki Matsumura/Yasumasa Tanida. Japan's Mikoto Nakajima/Shingo Usui went on to lose 8-6 against Japan's Kaho Onodera/Takumi Maeda. Japan's Mikoto Nakajima/Shingo Usui responded with a 5-4 win over Japan's Yuina Miura/Ayato Sasaki in their final qualifying round match.

Japan's Mikoto Nakajima/Shingo Usui earned 4.500 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 32 of the event schedule, Japan's Mikoto Nakajima/Shingo Usui did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 860th place on the World Ranking Standings with 0 total points. Japan's Mikoto Nakajima/Shingo Usui ranks 566th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 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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