CHAMPION: Yoshimura Wins 2022 Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup

SKIP
Sayaka
Yoshimura

Third
Kaho
Onodera

Second
Anna
Ohmiya

Lead
Yumie
Funayama

Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN) won 9-2 over Asuka Kanai (Karuizawa, JPN) in the Final of the Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup, held August 18 - 21, 2022 in Wakkanai, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Yoshimura won 7-2 over Honoka Sasaki (Kitami, JPN) in the semifinals

Yoshimura finished 3-0 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Yoshimura defeated Yuina Miura (Nayoro, JPN) 1-0, then won 10-7 against Kanai and 6-2 against Momoha Tabata (Sapporo, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup Championship title, Yoshimura earned 18.750 world rankings points along with the $9,494CDN first prize cheque, moving up 9 spots the World Ranking Standings into 29th place overall with 76.009 total points. Yoshimura ranks 1st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 37.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	30	12	0	0.714	6-1	3-1	1-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	299	251	169	8.39	5.65	2.74	4.98	3.78	1.68	1.50	1.24

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	145	176	35	20	4-1	12-1	40-4	1.21	0.24	0.45	0.18

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	154	75	134	17	1-2	4-7	13-25	0.49	0.87	0.61	0.32

Rachel Homan (photo: Anil Mungal/GSOC) and Xenia Schwaller both bounce back with wins in B-side action and will face-off Friday for a playoff spot.

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