Riku Yanagisawa (Karuizawa, JPN) qualified for the 2024 Stu Sells Oakville Tankard playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match
10-0 against
Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL). of the 2024 Stu Sells Oakville Tankard in Oakville, Ontario, Canada;
Yanagisawa finished 4-2 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Yanagisawa defeated
Alex Champ (Toronto, ON) 6-1, then went on to lose
9-2 against
Ross Whyte (Stirling, SCO). Yanagisawa lost
5-4 to
Matthew Manuel (Halifax, NS) where Yanagisawa responded with a
7-0 win over
Kibo Mulima (Waterloo, ON). Yanagisawa won
4-2 against
Jordan Chandler (Little Current, NO) to advance to the C-Qualifier where they
6-5 against
James Craik (Stirling, SCO) to advance to the playoff round. in their final qualifying round match.
Yanagisawa earned
21.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Stu Sells Oakville Tankard. For week 6 of the event schedule, Yanagisawa did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the
World Ranking Standings with
total points. Yanagisawa ranks th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
points earned so far this season.
