Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (Karuizawa, JPN) won 8-3 over Shinya Abe (Sapporo, JPN) in the Bronze Medal game at the Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup in Hokkaido, Japan. of the Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup in Hokkaido, Japan; Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (Karuizawa, JPN) won 8-3 over Shinya Abe (Sapporo, JPN) in the Bronze Medal game at the Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup in Hokkaido, Japan. Yamaguchi lost
6-4 to
Japan's Kohsuke Hirata in the semifinals to drop into the third place game.
Yamaguchi finished 3-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Yamaguchi defeated
P.N. Raju (Hyderabad, IN) 8-2, then went on to lose
5-4 against
Japan's Koki Ogiwara. Yamaguchi responded with a
9-2 win over
Japan's Yuta Fuse. Yamaguchi won
6-4 against
Takumi Maeda (Kitami, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.
With their third place finish at the Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup, Yamaguchi earn
9.900 world rankings points and 1881CDN, moving up 1 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 23rd place overall with
150.713 total points. Yamaguchi ranks 6th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
9.900 points earned so far this season.
