Sae Yamamoto (Sapporo, JPN) won
6-4 over
Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN) in the Final of the ARGO GRAPHICS Cup, held September 1 - 4, 2022 at the Kitami Curling Club in Kitami, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Yamamoto won
5-3 over
Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN) in the semifinals
Yamamoto finished 2-1 in the 7-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Yamamoto defeated
Mayu Minami (Sapporo, JPN) 6-2, then won
7-6 against
Asuka Kanai (Karuizawa, JPN). Yamamoto went on to lose
7-2 against
Yoshimura in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the ARGO GRAPHICS Cup Championship title, Yamamoto earned
15.000 world rankings points along with the $9,137CDN first prize cheque. Yamamoto move up 32 spots after posting a net gain of 14.062 points improving upon their best 2 results so far this season, ranking 67th overall with
30.182 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Yamamoto ranks 22nd overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
15.938 points earned so far this season.
