Yuta Matsumura (Kitami, JPN) won
7-4 over
Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) in the Final of the Karuizawa International, held December 19 - 22, 2019 in Karuizawa, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Matsumura won
8-6 over
Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB) in the semifinals of the 2019 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan; and won
6-4 over
Hayato Matsumura (Karuizawa, JPN) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan;
Matsumura finished 4-0 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Matsumura defeated
Ryo Ogihara (Karuizawa, JPN) 8-2, then won
6-3 against
Edin and
7-1 against
Naomasa Takeda (Nayoro, JPN). Matsumura won
6-3 against
Shingo Usui (Kitami, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Karuizawa International Championship title, Matsumura earned
36.038 world rankings points along with the $15,628CDN first prize cheque. Matsumura move up 5 spots after posting a net gain of 29.006 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 13th overall with
261.465 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Matsumura ranks 13th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
181.055 points earned so far this season.
