Yuta Matsumura (Sapporo, JPN) lost
7-6 to
Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, CAN) in the Final of the Karuizawa International, held December 20 - 23, 2018 in Karuizawa, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Matsumura won
8-1 over
John Shuster (Duluth, USA) in the semifinals of the 2018 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan; and won
5-4 over
SooHyuk Kim (Seoul, KOR) in the quarterfinals. of the 2018 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan;
Matsumura finished 3-1 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Matsumura defeated
Ryo Ogihara (Karuizawa, JPN) 5-2, then won
8-2 against
Kanya Shimizuno (Furano, JPN). Matsumura went on to lose
6-4 against
Shuster. Matsumura responded with a
8-4 win over
Daishi Ikezaki (Sapporo, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Karuizawa International, Matsumura take home
19.181 world rankings points along with the $9,781CDN prize, moving up 2 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 24th place overall with
170.503 total points. Matsumura ranks 19th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
150.987 points earned so far this season.
