Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN) lost
7-2 to
Yilun Jiang (Beijing, CHN) in the Final of the Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic, held August 1 - 4, 2019 at the Hokkaido Bank Curling Stadium in Sapporo, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Fujisawa won
7-6 over
Tracy Fleury (East St. Paul, MB) in the semifinals
Fujisawa finished 3-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Fujisawa defeated
Momoha Tabata (Sapporo, JPN) 6-4, then won
8-5 against
Jiang. Fujisawa went on to lose
8-4 against
Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN). Fujisawa responded with a
8-3 win over
Vlada Rumiantseva (Moscow, RUS) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic, Fujisawa take home
32.577 world rankings points along with the $6,251CDN prize, moving up 1 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 7th place overall with
306.157 total points. Fujisawa ranks 2nd overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
32.577 points earned so far this season.
