Fujisawa6-2 at 2021 Olympic Qualification Event

Kitami, Japan

SKIP
Satsuki
Fujisawa

Third
Chinami
Yoshida

Second
Yumi
Suzuki

Lead
Yurika
Yoshida

Games:	9
Record:	7W - 2L
PF/G:	8.72
PA/G:	5.38
Hammer Efficiency:	0.45
Steal Defense:	0.03
Force Efficiency:	0.42
Steal Efficiency:	0.36

Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN) finished 6-2 in the 9 team Olympic Qualification Event qualifying round, held December 11 - 18, 2021 in , . In their opening game, Fujisawa defeated Stefania Constantini (Trentino, ITA) 11-6, then won 7-6 against Daniela Jentsch (Fuessen, GER) and 6-2 against Anna Kubeskova (Prague, CZE). Fujisawa went on to lose 8-5 against Eve Muirhead (Stirling, SCO). Fujisawa responded with a 9-1 win over Evelina Barone (Riga, LAT). Fujisawa won 8-4 against Eunjung Kim (Gangneung, KOR), then won 9-2 against Liisa Turmann (Tallinn, EST). Fujisawa went on to lose 8-5 against Dilsat Yildiz (Erzurum, TUR) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Olympic Qualification Event, Fujisawa take home 47.461 world rankings points. Fujisawa move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 43.006 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 5th overall with 337.838 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Fujisawa ranks 5th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 166.402 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
	7	2	0	0.778	6-1	1-1	1-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
	78	68	42	8.72	5.38	3.33	5.64	3.21	1.55	1.68	1.15

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
	33	47	1	4	1-0	4-0	8-0	1.42	0.03	0.45	0.03

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
	45	21	41	5	0-0	1-3	3-11	0.47	0.91	0.42	0.36

Fujisawa 2-0 after first day at Japan Curling Championships

The Olympic silver medalists from Kitami (Photo: Anil Mungal/GSOC) began their quest at the Japanese National Championship with two wins on the first day of competition.

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