Kaitlyn Lawes (Winnipeg , MB) won 7-4 over Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2023 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan, Japan. of the 2023 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan, Japan; Kaitlyn Lawes (Winnipeg , MB) won 7-4 over Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2023 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan, Japan. Lawes lost
7-2 to
Ikue Kitazawa (Nagano, JPN) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game. of the 2023 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan, Japan;
Lawes finished 3-0 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Lawes defeated
Miyu Ueno (Karuizawa, JPN) 6-5, then won
6-4 against
Yoshimura and
7-1 against
Youbeen Park (Seoul, KOR) in their final qualifying round match.
With their third place finish at the Karuizawa International, Lawes earn
19.125 world rankings points and 1835CDN, remaining in 9th place overall on the
World Ranking Standings with a net gain of -9.063 after improving upon their best so far this season. Lawes ranks 9th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
156.375 points earned so far this season.
