Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN) won
5-1 over
Erica Hopson (Ottawa, ON) in the Final of the Oakville Fall Classic, held August 30 - September 2, 2018 at the Oakville Curling Club in Oakville, Canada. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Yoshimura won
8-2 over
Anna Sidorova (Moscow, RUS) to advance to the championship game. of the 2018 Oakville Fall Classic in Oakville, Ontario, Canada;
Yoshimura finished 4-0 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Yoshimura defeated
Hopson 6-1, then won
6-4 against
Chrissy Cadorin (Thornhill, ON) and
6-0 against
Jestyn Murphy (Mississauga, ON). Yoshimura won
6-3 against
Jo-Ann Rizzo (Tornto, ON) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Oakville Fall Classic Championship title, Yoshimura earned
30.968 world rankings points along with the $2,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 3 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 20th place overall with
136.166 total points. Yoshimura ranks 1st overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
45.909 points earned so far this season.
