Hiroki Hasegawa (Sapporo, JPN) won
8-5 over
Rio Hayashi (Hokkaido, JPN) in the Final of the Morioka City Mens Memorial Cup, held June 7 - 8 in Morioka, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Hasegawa won
12-7 over
Chikara Segawa (Morioka, JPN) in the semifinals
Hasegawa finished 2-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Hasegawa lost
6-2 to
Ryo Wakabayashi (Okayama, JPN), then responded with a
10-3 win over
Kotaro Noguchi (Sendai-shi, JPN). Hasegawa won
4-3 against
Naomasa Takeda (Nayoro, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Morioka City Mens Memorial Cup Championship title, Hasegawa earned
6.750 world rankings points along with the $753CDN first prize cheque. Hasegawa gained 4.141 points improving upon their best 0 events, though dropped 214 spots on the
World Ranking Standings into 214thplace overall with
4.141 total points. Hasegawa ranks 573rd overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
0.000 points earned so far this season.
