Tori Koana (Yamanashi, JPN) lost 6-3 to Tabitha Peterson (McFarland , USA) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2019 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan. of the 2019 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan; Tori Koana (Yamanashi, JPN) lost 6-3 to Tabitha Peterson (McFarland , USA) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2019 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan. Koana lost
4-3 to
Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game. of the 2019 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan; and won
8-1 over
Asuka Kanai (Yamanashi, JPN) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan;
Koana finished 4-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Koana defeated
Chelsea Carey (Calgary, AB) 8-7, then won
6-1 against
Miki Hayashi (Sapporo, JPN). Koana went on to lose
5-3 against
Kanai. Koana responded with a
10-8 win over
Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN). Koana won
6-5 against
Peterson in their final qualifying round match.
With their fourth place finish at the Karuizawa International, Koana take home
23.100 world rankings points along with 4809CDN. Koana move up 3 spots after posting a net gain of 13.652 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 19th overall with
209.400 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Koana ranks 17th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
169.462 points earned so far this season.
