Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN) won
10-3 over
Peter De Boer (Naseby, NZ) in the Final Morozumi advanced directly to the championship game after finishing first in the preliminary round. of the Winter Games New Zealand, held August 16 - 23, 2013 in Naseby, New Zealand.
Morozumi finished 8-2 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Morozumi defeated
Hugh Millikin (Sydney, AUS) 9-3, then went on to lose
6-4 against
Korea's Soo Hyuk Kim. Morozumi lost
9-8 to
De Boer where Morozumi responded with a
13-5 win over
Hans Frauenlob (Naseby, NZ). Morozumi won
10-7 against
Dejia Zou (Harbin, CHN), then won
9-7 against
De Boer and
8-4 against
Korea's Soo Hyuk Kim. Morozumi won
7-5 against
Zou, then won
8-3 against
Millikin and
9-2 against
Frauenlob in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Winter Games New Zealand Championship title, Morozumi earned
11.250 world rankings points, moving up 15 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 32nd place overall with
33.500 total points. Morozumi ranks 1st overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
11.250 points earned so far this season.
