Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN) lost
7-4 to
Eunjung Kim (Gangneung, KOR) in the Final of the Gangneung Invitational 2025, held March 6 - 9, 2025 at the Gangneung Curling Center in Gangneung, Korea. To advance to the championship game, Yoshimura won
5-3 over
Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN) in the semifinals of the 2025 Gangneung Invitational 2025 in Gangneung, Korea; and won
7-3 over
Bobae Kang (Jeonbuk, KOR) in the quarterfinals. of the 2025 Gangneung Invitational 2025 in Gangneung, Korea;
Yoshimura finished 4-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Yoshimura defeated
Youbeen Park (Seoul, KOR) 10-4, then won
6-4 against
Dilsat Yildiz (Erzurum, TUR) and
5-3 against
Seungyoun Ha (Chuncheon, KOR). Yoshimura won
7-6 against
Ikue Kitazawa (Nagano, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Gangneung Invitational 2025, Yoshimura take home
30.250 world rankings points along with the $10,000CDN prize. Yoshimura move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 16.5 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 8th overall with
244.250 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Yoshimura ranks 8th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
244.250 points earned so far this season.
