All matches are spectators Curling Mixed Doubles Japan Championship opens February 21 21:10
Curling's Mixed Doubles Japan Championships kicks off in Sapporo, and all matches are played by spectators following the spread of the new coronavirus.
Twenty-one teams have participated in the Japan Championships, including the pair of May Fujisawa and Takeshi Yamaguchi who won the last competition.
The championship team will be the representative of the World Championships in Canada in April, and the opening ceremony will be canceled due to the spread of the new coronavirus, and all games will be held with no spectators.
On the 25th of the first day, eight qualifying league games were held, and a pair of Loco Solare's Fujisawa and SC Karuizawa Club's Yamaguchi played against the Tohoku block representative in the first match.
The pair Fujisawa and Yamaguchi repeatedly scored from the first end, leading 7-1 at the end of the fifth end, and the opponents lost one after adding one point at the sixth end, which was 7-2. And got off to a start for the third consecutive championship.
The final will be held on the 1st of next month.
Satsuki Fujisawa said, "It was good that there were no major mistakes in the first round where mistakes are easy to make. I can not come to the venue and see it, but I am glad if you can watch and support the hot battle on ice through the broadcast etc. "
Takeshi Yamaguchi said, "I am aiming for the championship but I am not too particular about the result, I think it would be good if we could fight ourselves. There is no lonely audience, but we want to excite the tournament with Fujisawa who is the world's representative" I was talking.