Maeda2-2 at 2022 Japan World Championship Trials

SKIP
Takumi
Maeda

Third
Uryu
Kamikawa

Second
Hiroki
Maeda

Lead
Asei
Nakahara

Takumi Maeda (Kitami, JPN) finished 2-2 in the 3-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Maeda defeated Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (Karuizawa, JPN) 10-4, then won 10-7 against Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN). Maeda went on to lose 9-6 against Yamaguchi. Maeda lost 10-4 to Morozumi in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Japan World Championship Trials Championship title, Maeda earned 7.481 world rankings points, moving up 104 spots the World Ranking Standings into 221st place overall with 9.884 total points. Maeda ranks 184th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 7.481 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	13	12	0	0.520	5-4	4-5	1-2	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	213	158	150	7.42	7.04	0.38	4.51	4.37	1.65	1.61	1.13

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	104	114	33	15	1-1	10-0	25-7	1.10	0.32	0.40	0.22

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	109	44	117	9	1-1	2-9	7-26	0.40	1.07	0.49	0.28

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