Daniela Jentsch (Fuessen, GER) won
7-4 over
Asuka Kanai (Karuizawa, JPN) in the Final of the WCT-Japan New Year Medalist Curling, held December 30 - January 1, 2023 in Miyota, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Jentsch won
8-4 over
Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN) in the semifinals of the 2022 WCT-Japan New Year Medalist Curling in Miyota, Japan; and won
6-5 over
Isabelle Ladouceur (Waterloo, ON) in the quarterfinals. of the 2022 WCT-Japan New Year Medalist Curling in Miyota, Japan;
Jentsch finished 2-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Jentsch lost
7-1 to
Kanai, then responded with a
8-5 win over
Yuri Nakajima (Miyota, JPN). Jentsch won
9-3 against
's in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the WCT-Japan New Year Medalist Curling Championship title, Jentsch earned
18.750 world rankings points along with the $10,449CDN first prize cheque. Jentsch move up 6 spots after posting a net gain of 14.625 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 17th overall with
142.108 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Jentsch ranks 27th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
81.188 points earned so far this season.
