Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (Karuizawa, JPN) lost
6-5 to
Takumi Maeda (Kitami, JPN) in the Final of the ARGO GRAPHICS Cup, held August 28 - 31 at the Kitami Curling Club in Kitami, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Yamaguchi won
4-2 over
Sota Sato (Kitami, JPN) in the semifinals
Yamaguchi finished 4-0 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Yamaguchi defeated
Ryo Wakabayashi (Okayama, JPN) 7-1, then won
8-2 against
Kohsuke Hirata (Kitami, JPN) and
8-1 against
Yuan Wang (Shanghai, CHN). Yamaguchi won
8-3 against
Kotaro Noguchi (Sendai-shi, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the ARGO GRAPHICS Cup, Yamaguchi take home
11.000 world rankings points along with the $4,666CDN prize. For week 6 of the event schedule, Yamaguchi did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 23rd to 25th place overall on the
World Ranking Standings with
158.813 total points. Yamaguchi ranks 20th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
18.000 points earned so far this season.
