Riku Yanagisawa (Karuizawa, JPN) won 7-3 over Hayato Sato (Sapporo, JPN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2023 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic in Sapporo, Japan. of the 2023 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic in Sapporo, Japan; Riku Yanagisawa (Karuizawa, JPN) won 7-3 over Hayato Sato (Sapporo, JPN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2023 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic in Sapporo, Japan. Yanagisawa lost
6-5 to
Jongduk Park (Gangwon, KOR) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game. of the 2023 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic in Sapporo, Japan;
Yanagisawa finished 3-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Yanagisawa defeated
Sato 8-1, then won
9-3 against
Takumi Maeda (Kitami, JPN) and
8-4 against
Kotaro Noguchi (Sendai-shi, JPN). Yanagisawa went on to lose
5-4 against
ByeongJin Jeong (Seoul, KOR) in their final qualifying round match.
With their third place finish at the Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic, Yanagisawa earn
13.500 world rankings points and 1858CDN, remaining in 15th place overall on the
World Ranking Standings with
181.875 total points. Yanagisawa ranks 3rd overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
13.500 points earned so far this season.
