Takumi Maeda (Kitami, JPN) won
5-1 over
Japan's Kohsuke Hirata in the Final of the Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup, held July 31 - August 3 in Hokkaido, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Maeda won
4-3 over
Shinya Abe (Sapporo, JPN) in the semifinals of the Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup in Hokkaido, Japan;
Maeda finished 3-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Maeda defeated
Japan's Koki Ogiwara 7-5, then won
9-3 against
Japan's Yuta Fuse and
8-1 against
P.N. Raju (Hyderabad, IN). Maeda went on to lose
6-4 against
Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (Karuizawa, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup Championship title, Maeda earned
16.500 world rankings points along with the $9,406CDN first prize cheque, moving up 3 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 27th place overall with
127.250 total points. Maeda ranks 2nd overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
16.500 points earned so far this season.
