Laura Walker (Edmonton, CAN) lost 7-4 to Seina Nakajima (Nagano, JPN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2018 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan. of the 2018 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan; Laura Walker (Edmonton, CAN) lost 7-4 to Seina Nakajima (Nagano, JPN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2018 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan. Walker lost
6-3 to
Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game. of the 2018 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan; and won
6-2 over
Min Ji Kim (chuncheon city, KOR) in the quarterfinals. of the 2018 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan;
Walker finished 4-0 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Walker defeated
Mayu Minami (Aomori, JPN) 5-4, then won
5-4 against
Tori Koana (Fujiyoshida, JPN) and
7-3 against
Eun-jin Oh (Jeonju, KOR). Walker won
5-4 against
Asuka Kanai (Karuizwaw, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.
With their fourth place finish at the Karuizawa International, Walker take home
17.282 world rankings points along with 4891CDN. Walker move up 3 spots after posting a net gain of 13.277 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 8th overall with
267.066 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Walker ranks 16th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
150.117 points earned so far this season.
