Usui2-3 at 2018 Raymond James Kelowna Double Cash

Fourth
Kohsuke
Hirata

SKIP
Shingo
Usui

Second
Daiki
Shikano

Lead
Yoshiya
Miura

Shingo Usui (Kitami, JPN) finished 2-3 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Usui defeated Wylie Eden (Kelowna, BC) 7-3, then went on to lose 5-2 against Sean Geall (Kelowna, BC). Usui responded with a 6-5 win over Tyler Klymchuk (Kamloops, BC). Usui went on to lose 6-5 against Eden. Usui lost 10-4 to Deane Horning (Castlegar, BC) in their final qualifying round match.

Usui earned 2.227 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. Usui move up 10 spots after posting a net gain of 2.212 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 93rd overall with 38.899 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Usui ranks 46th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 38.792 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

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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