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 qualifying round. . 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
2022	37	19	0	0.661	11-6	6-6	2-3	0-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	449	363	288	8.08	6.41	1.67	5.08	4.03	1.59	1.59	0.89

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	207	266	51	17	6-0	16-2	60-13	1.29	0.25	0.43	0.16

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	242	97	237	23	1-3	6-13	10-55	0.40	0.98	0.52	0.30

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