Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, CAN) won
7-6 over
Yuta Matsumura (Sapporo, JPN) in the Final of the Karuizawa International, held December 20 - 23, 2018 in Karuizawa, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Carruthers won
5-2 over
Masaki Iwai (Sapporo, JPN) in the semifinals of the 2018 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan; and won
6-2 over
Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (Karuizawa, JPN) in the quarterfinals. of the 2018 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan;
Carruthers finished 4-0 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Carruthers defeated
Yamaguchi 5-2, then won
7-1 against
Yoshiro Shimizu (Karuizawa, JPN) and
6-2 against
Jongduk Park (Gangwon, KOR). Carruthers won
9-2 against
Daiki Shikano (Sapporo, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Karuizawa International Championship title, Carruthers earned
26.156 world rankings points along with the $15,894CDN first prize cheque. Carruthers move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 22.196 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 12th overall with
310.532 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Carruthers ranks 15th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
191.464 points earned so far this season.
