Riku Yanagisawa (Karuizawa, JPN) lost 8-7 to Korey Dropkin (Duluth, USA) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2023 Pan-Continental Championships in Calgary, Canada. of the 2023 Pan-Continental Championships in Calgary, Canada; Riku Yanagisawa (Karuizawa, JPN) lost 8-7 to Korey Dropkin (Duluth, USA) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2023 Pan-Continental Championships in Calgary, Canada. Yanagisawa lost
8-2 to
Brad Gushue (St. John's, CAN) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game.
Yanagisawa finished 3-4 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Yanagisawa lost
7-5 to
ByeongJin Jeong (Seoul, KOR), droppimg another game,
6-5 to
Jay Merchant (Melbourne, AUS). Yanagisawa lost
11-2 to
Gushue. Yanagisawa lost
10-7 to
Dropkin where Yanagisawa responded with a
9-3 win over
Marcelo Mello (Sao Paolo, BRA). Yanagisawa won
10-1 against
Chinese Taipei's Randie Shen, then won
9-5 against
Anton Hood (Naseby, NZL) in their final qualifying round match.
With their fourth place finish at the Pan-Continental Championships, Yanagisawa take home
15.000 world rankings points. Yanagisawa move up 4 spots after posting a net gain of 13.502 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 34th overall with
91.491 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Yanagisawa ranks 17th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
79.500 points earned so far this season.
