Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (Karuizawa, JPN) lost
6-3 to
Ryo Ogihara (Karuizawa, JPN) in the Final of the Morioka City Mens Memorial Cup, held June 15 - 16, 2019 in Morioka, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Yamaguchi won
8-1 over
Naomasa Takeda (Sapporo, JPN) in the semifinals
Yamaguchi finished 2-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Yamaguchi defeated
Nobukazu Komoribayashi (Morioka, JPN) 6-5, then went on to lose
6-6 against
Kagetora Kawahira (Karuizawa, JPN). Yamaguchi responded with a
11-2 win over
Suguru Tsukamoto (Kanagawa, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Morioka City Mens Memorial Cup, Yamaguchi take home
7.770 world rankings points along with the $615CDN prize. Yamaguchi gained 23.224 points improving upon their best 2 events, though dropped 130 spots on the
World Ranking Standings into 130thplace overall with
23.224 total points. Yamaguchi ranks 4th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
7.770 points earned so far this season.
