Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN) won
6-5 over
Eunjung Kim (Gangneung, KOR) in the Final Yoshimura advanced directly to the championship game after finishing first in the preliminary round. of the Pacific-Asia Curling Championships, held November 7 - 13, 2021 in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Yoshimura finished 5-1 in the 4-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Yoshimura defeated
Hong Kong's Ling-Yue Hung 10-7, then won
11-3 against
Angelina Ebauyer (Almaty, KAZ) and
9-5 against
Kim. Yoshimura went on to lose
8-6 against
Kim. Yoshimura responded with a
11-5 win over
Hong Kong's Ling-Yue Hung. Yoshimura won
7-2 against
Ebauyer in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Pacific-Asia Curling Championships Championship title, Yoshimura earned
17.741 world rankings points, moving up 4 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 23rd place overall with
120.599 total points. Yoshimura ranks 70th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
19.344 points earned so far this season.
