Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN) qualified for the 2022 RBC Dominion Securities Western Showdown playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match
5-3 against
Meghan Walter (Winnipeg, MB). of the 2022 RBC Dominion Securities Western Showdown in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada;
Yoshimura finished 5-2 in the 28-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Yoshimura defeated
Rebecca Morrison (Stirling, SCO) 6-5, then went on to lose
9-3 against
Raphaela Keiser (St. Moritz, SUI). Yoshimura responded with a
9-8 win over
Seungyoun Ha (Chuncheon, KOR). Yoshimura won
7-1 against
Michele Jaeggi (Bern, SUI), then won
6-2 against
Stefania Constantini (Cortina d'Ampezzo, ITA) to advance to a B-Qualifier game where they lost
6-4 against
Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI) to drop into a C-Qualifier game where they responded with a
7-3 win over
Skylar Ackerman (Saskatoon, SK) to advance to the playoff round. in their final qualifying round match.
Yoshimura earned
21.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the RBC Dominion Securities Western Showdown. Yoshimura gained 4.5 points improving upon their best 3 events, though dropped 3 spots on the
World Ranking Standings into 33rdplace overall with
90.591 total points. Yoshimura ranks 15th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
58.500 points earned so far this season.
