Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN) lost 7-4 to Kaitlyn Lawes (Winnipeg , MB) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2023 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan, Japan. of the 2023 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan, Japan; Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN) lost 7-4 to Kaitlyn Lawes (Winnipeg , MB) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2023 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan, Japan. Yoshimura lost
6-2 to
Eunjung Kim (Gangneung, KOR) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game.
Yoshimura finished 2-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Yoshimura defeated
Youbeen Park (Seoul, KOR) 9-4, then went on to lose
6-4 against
Lawes. Yoshimura responded with a
6-3 win over
Miyu Ueno (Karuizawa, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.
With their fourth place finish at the Karuizawa International, Yoshimura take home
13.500 world rankings points along with 917CDN. Yoshimura move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of -0.58599999999998 points improving upon their best 6 results so far this season, ranking 19th overall with
160.508 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Yoshimura ranks 20th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
113.750 points earned so far this season.
