Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN) lost
5-3 to
Isabella Wrana (Stockholm, SWE) in the Final of the Paf Masters Tour, held October 18 - 21, 2018 in Aland, Finland. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Yoshimura won
7-3 over
Tova Sundberg (Ostersund, SWE) to advance to the championship game. of the 2018 Paf Masters Tour in Aland, Finland;
Yoshimura finished 4-0 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Yoshimura defeated
Ilza Stabulniece (Riga, LAT) 7-2, then won
11-4 against
Di Zhang (Harbin, CHN) and
7-4 against
Li Jun Zhang (Beijing, CHN). Yoshimura won
8-6 against
Oona Kauste (Aland, FIN) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Paf Masters Tour, Yoshimura take home
18.098 world rankings points along with the $6,760CDN prize. Yoshimura move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 12.339 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 18th overall with
177.692 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Yoshimura ranks 10th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
105.486 points earned so far this season.
