Japan's Misaki Tanaka needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, Japan's Misaki Tanaka finished 4-4 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Japan's Misaki Tanaka lost
11-4 to
Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN), then responded with a
8-4 win over
Rina Ida (Sapporo, JPN). Japan's Misaki Tanaka won
11-5 against
Emi Sato (Kyoto, JPN). Japan's Misaki Tanaka went on to lose
10-4 against
Sena Nakajima (Karuizawa, JPN). Japan's Misaki Tanaka responded with a
9-8 win over
Japan's Mizuki Kitaguchi. Japan's Misaki Tanaka won
6-3 against
Natsuki Saito (Aomori, JPN). Japan's Misaki Tanaka went on to lose
10-3 against
Touri Koana (Yamanashi, JPN). Japan's Misaki Tanaka lost
7-2 to
Ayumi Ogasawara (Sapporo, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.
Japan's Misaki Tanaka earned
2.822 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 142 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 220th place overall with
2.822 total points. Japan's Misaki Tanaka ranks 195th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
2.822 points earned so far this season.
