CHAMPION: Fujisawa Wins 2022 Japan Curling Championships

SKIP
Satsuki
Fujisawa

Third
Chinami
Yoshida

Second
Yumi
Suzuki

Lead
Yurika
Yoshida

Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN) won 7-3 over Ikue Kitazawa (Nagano, JPN) in the Final of the Japan Curling Championships, held May 21 - 29, 2022 in .

Fujisawa finished 7-1 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Fujisawa defeated Kitazawa 7-4, then won 8-1 against Yuki Shibuto (Hiroshima, JPN) and 8-6 against Kana Ogawa (Sapporo, JPN). Fujisawa won 8-5 against Yuna Kotani (Fujiyoshida, JPN). Fujisawa went on to lose 10-4 against Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN). Fujisawa responded with a 10-4 win over Momoha Tabata (Sapporo, JPN). Fujisawa won 7-5 against Japan's Miori Nakamura, then won 8-0 against Asuka Kanai (Karuizawa, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Japan Curling Championships Championship title, Fujisawa earned 37.109 world rankings points, remaining in 6th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 32.693 after improving upon their best so far this season. Fujisawa ranks 6th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 339.348 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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