Riku Yanagisawa (Karuizawa, JPN) won 8-4 over Takumi Maeda (Kitami, JPN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2023 Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup in Hokkaido, Japan. of the 2023 Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup in Hokkaido, Japan; Riku Yanagisawa (Karuizawa, JPN) won 8-4 over Takumi Maeda (Kitami, JPN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2023 Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup in Hokkaido, Japan. Yanagisawa lost
6-5 to
Hayato Sato (Sapporo, JPN) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game.
Yanagisawa finished 3-0 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Yanagisawa defeated
Shinya Abe (Sapporo, JPN) 9-3, then won
11-2 against
Yuun Ishimura (Aomori, JPN) and
11-4 against
Maeda in their final qualifying round match.
With their third place finish at the Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup, Yanagisawa earn
10.625 world rankings points and 1858CDN, moving up 2 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 13th place overall with
192.500 total points. Yanagisawa ranks 3rd overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
24.125 points earned so far this season.
