Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN) won
5-4 over
Chang-Min Kim (Uiseong, KOR) in the Final of the Karuizawa International, held December 14 - 17, 2017 in Karuizawa, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Morozumi won
7-1 over
Patric Mabergs (Skelleftea, SWE) in the semifinals of the 2017 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan; and won
6-3 over
Junpei Kanda (Tokyo, JPN) in the quarterfinals.
Morozumi finished 4-0 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Morozumi defeated
Shinya Abe (Sapporo, JPN) 10-7, then won
5-4 against
Hayato Matsumura (Karuizawa, JPN) and
8-4 against
Peter De Cruz (Geneva, SUI). Morozumi won
7-2 against
Kenji Komoda (Sagamihara, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Karuizawa International Championship title, Morozumi earned
28.482 world rankings points along with the $11,422CDN first prize cheque. Morozumi move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 26.177 points improving upon their best results so far this season, ranking 27th overall with
227.643 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Morozumi ranks 26th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
107.494 points earned so far this season.
