Yusuke Morozumi (Nagano, JPN) won
7-6 over
Wayne Tuck Jr. (Brantford, ON) in the Final To advance to the championship game, Morozumi won
5-4 over
Ross Whyte (Stirling, SCO) in the semifinals of the 2019 KW Fall Classic in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada; and won
10-4 over
Tyler Stewart (Waterloo, ON) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 KW Fall Classic in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada;
Morozumi finished 3-1 in the 18 team
KW Fall Classic qualifying round, held September 19 - 22, 2019 at the K-W Granite Club in Waterloo, Canada. In their opening game, Morozumi lost
5-4 to
Paul Moffatt (Waterloo, ON), then responded with a
6-1 win over
John Willsey (Waterloo, ON). Morozumi won
10-7 against
Matthew Hall (Kitchener, ON), then won
7-3 against
Sam Steep (St. Catherines, ON) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the KW Fall Classic Championship title, Morozumi earned
26.940 world rankings points along with the $2,000CDN first prize cheque. Morozumi move up 9 spots after posting a net gain of 19.828 points improving upon their best 2 results so far this season, ranking 47th overall with
94.658 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Morozumi ranks 10th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
55.825 points earned so far this season.
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