Yuta Matsumura (Sapporo, JPN) won
9-2 over
Matt Dunstone (Regina, SK) in the Final of the Oakville Fall Classic, held August 30 - September 2, 2018 at the Oakville Curling Club in Oakville, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Matsumura won
7-6 over
Peter De Cruz (Geneve, SUI) in the semifinals of the 2018 Oakville Fall Classic in Oakville, Ontario, Canada; and won
6-3 over
Xiu Yue Ma (Beijing, CHN) in the quarterfinals. of the 2018 Oakville Fall Classic in Oakville, Ontario, Canada;
Matsumura finished 3-1 in the 21-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Matsumura defeated
Jan Hess (Zug, SUI) 8-3, then won
9-4 against
Pierre-Luc Morissette (Saguenay, QC). Matsumura went on to lose
5-2 against
Rich Ruohonen (Chaska, USA). Matsumura responded with a
8-2 win over
Tanner Horgan (Sudbury, NONT) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Oakville Fall Classic Championship title, Matsumura earned
42.030 world rankings points along with the $3,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 30 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 28th place overall with
101.578 total points. Matsumura ranks 2nd overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
52.788 points earned so far this season.
