Kawamura/Matsuda1-4 at 2024 Japanese Mixed Doubles National Championship

Wakaba Kawamura/Shunya Matsuda (Sapporo, JPN) finished 1-4 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kawamura/Matsuda lost 7-6 to Michiko Tomabechi/Kenji Tomabechi (Iwate, JPN), droppimg another game, 6-4 to Ikue Kitazawa/Shingo Usui (Nagano, JPN). Kawamura/Matsuda lost 8-3 to Kaho Onodera/Takumi Maeda (Sapporo, JPN) where Kawamura/Matsuda responded with a 7-5 win over Ayaka Shimba/Seiji Kato (Kyoto, JPN). Kawamura/Matsuda went on to lose 8-4 against Moka Tanaka/Koei Sato (Morioka, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Kawamura/Matsuda earned 1.313 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 19 of the event schedule, Kawamura/Matsuda did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Kawamura/Matsuda 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

Canada's Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant (Photo: World Curling) took down the reigning gold medalists to stay on pace for top spot in the pool.

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