Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN) lost
6-5 to
Elena Stern (Oberwallis , SUI) in the Final of the GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 2, held November 6 - 11, 2018 in Thunder Bay, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, Yoshimura won
7-4 over
Hollie Duncan (Toronto, ON) in the semifinals of the 2018 GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 2 in Thunder Bay, Ontario; and won
7-5 over
Julie Tippin (Woodstock, ON) in the quarterfinals. of the 2018 GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 2 in Thunder Bay, Ontario;
Yoshimura finished 4-0 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Yoshimura defeated
Jenna Enge (Thunder Bay, NONT) 10-3, then won
6-4 against
Lauren Horton (Waterloo, ON) and
4-3 against
Duncan. Yoshimura won
8-2 against
Annmarie Dubberstein (Chaska, USA) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 2, Yoshimura take home
32.821 world rankings points along with the $8,000CDN prize. Yoshimura move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 14.723 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 17th overall with
201.487 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Yoshimura ranks 11th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
138.307 points earned so far this season.
