Anna Sidorova (Moscow, RUS) won
8-3 over
Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN) in the Final of the Karuizawa International, held December 20 - 23, 2018 in Karuizawa, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Sidorova won
7-4 over
Seina Nakajima (Nagano, JPN) in the semifinals of the 2018 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan; and won
6-3 over
Sophie Jackson (Stirling, SCO) in the quarterfinals. of the 2018 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan;
Sidorova finished 3-1 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Sidorova lost
6-5 to
Yoshimura, then responded with a
7-3 win over
Min Ji Kim (chuncheon city, KOR). Sidorova won
8-3 against
Kaede Kudo (Tokyo, JPN), then won
7-6 against
Ami Enami (Karuizawa, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Karuizawa International Championship title, Sidorova earned
32.405 world rankings points along with the $15,894CDN first prize cheque, moving up 7 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 24th place overall with
159.943 total points. Sidorova ranks 32nd overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
104.177 points earned so far this season.
