Ikue Kitazawa (Nagano, JPN) lost 6-5 to Honoka Sasaki (Kitami, JPN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2022 Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup in Wakkanai, Japan. of the 2022 Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup in Wakkanai, Japan; Ikue Kitazawa (Nagano, JPN) lost 6-5 to Honoka Sasaki (Kitami, JPN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2022 Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup in Wakkanai, Japan. Kitazawa lost
4-2 to
Asuka Kanai (Karuizawa, JPN) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game. of the 2022 Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup in Wakkanai, Japan;
Kitazawa finished 2-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kitazawa lost
6-5 to
Sae Yamamoto (Sapporo, JPN), then responded with a
7-5 win over
Sasaki. Kitazawa won
7-4 against
Mayu Minami (Sapporo, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.
With their fourth place finish at the Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup, Kitazawa take home
7.500 world rankings points, moving up 2 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 32nd place overall with
67.205 total points. Kitazawa ranks 5th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
18.125 points earned so far this season.
