Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN) lost
7-5 to
Tracy Fleury (East St. Paul, MB) in the Final of the Masters, held October 22 - 27, 2019 in North Bay, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, Yoshimura won
7-4 over
Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI) in the semifinals of the 2019 Masters in North Bay, Ontario; and won
6-4 over
Jennifer Jones (Winnipeg, MB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 Masters in North Bay, Ontario;
Yoshimura finished 3-1 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Yoshimura lost
10-3 to
Rachel Homan (Ottawa, ON), then responded with a
6-4 win over
Chelsea Carey (Calgary, AB). Yoshimura won
5-4 against
Fleury, then won
5-4 against
Elena Stern (Oberwallis, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Masters, Yoshimura take home
66.229 world rankings points along with the $20,000CDN prize. Yoshimura move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 50.141 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 12th overall with
301.847 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Yoshimura ranks 8th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
132.701 points earned so far this season.
