Tsukamoto Finishes Fourth at 2019 Morioka City Mens Memorial Cup

SKIP
Suguru
Tsukamoto

Third
Satoru
Tsukamoto

Second
Nobuhito
Kasahara

Lead
Tatsunori
Naganuma

Suguru Tsukamoto (Kanagawa, JPN) lost 8-3 to Naomasa Takeda (Sapporo, JPN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2019 Morioka City Mens Memorial Cup in Morioka, Japan. of the 2019 Morioka City Mens Memorial Cup in Morioka, Japan; Suguru Tsukamoto (Kanagawa, JPN) lost 8-3 to Naomasa Takeda (Sapporo, JPN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2019 Morioka City Mens Memorial Cup in Morioka, Japan. Tsukamoto lost 5-1 to Ryo Ogihara (Karuizawa, JPN) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game. of the 2019 Morioka City Mens Memorial Cup in Morioka, Japan;

Tsukamoto finished 2-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Tsukamoto defeated Kagetora Kawahira (Karuizawa, JPN) 6-3, then won 7-2 against Nobukazu Komoribayashi (Morioka, JPN). Tsukamoto went on to lose 11-2 against Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (Karuizawa, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

With their fourth place finish at the Morioka City Mens Memorial Cup, Tsukamoto take home 4.238 world rankings points. Tsukamoto gained 8.342 points improving upon their best 2 events, though dropped 229 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 229thplace overall with 8.342 total points. Tsukamoto ranks 8th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 4.238 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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