Rio Hayashi (Hokkaido, JPN) lost
8-5 to
Hiroki Hasegawa (Sapporo, JPN) in the Final of the Morioka City Mens Memorial Cup, held June 7 - 8 in Morioka, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Hayashi won
6-4 over
Naomasa Takeda (Nayoro, JPN) in the semifinals of the Morioka City Mens Memorial Cup in Morioka, Japan;
Hayashi finished 1-2 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Hayashi defeated
Kouki Tonuma (Tokyo, JPN) 7-5, then went on to lose
6-6 against
Takumi Tanabe (Tokyo, JPN). Hayashi lost
5-4 to
Chikara Segawa (Morioka, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Morioka City Mens Memorial Cup, Hayashi take home
4.950 world rankings points along with the $470CDN prize. Hayashi gained 0.75 points improving upon their best 0 events, though dropped 359 spots on the
World Ranking Standings into 359thplace overall with
0.750 total points. Hayashi ranks 146th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
0.000 points earned so far this season.
