Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN) qualified for the 2018 Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match
7-2 against
Tracy Fleury (East St. Paul, MB). of the 2018 Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic in Calgary, Alberta, Canada;
Fujisawa finished 5-2 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Fujisawa defeated
Sijia Liu (Harbin, CHN) 6-4, then went on to lose
7-2 against
Casey Scheidegger (Lethbridge, AB). Fujisawa responded with a
5-3 win over
's Robyn Silvernagle. Fujisawa won
6-5 against
Allison Flaxey (Winnipeg, MB), then won
8-6 against
Un-Chi Gim (Gyeonggi -do, KOR). Fujisawa went on to lose
7-2 against
Rachel Homan (Ottawa, ON). Fujisawa responded with a
7-6 win over
Chiaki Matsumura (Nagano , JPN) in their final qualifying round match.
Fujisawa earned
29.885 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic, remaining in 9th place overall on the
World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 4.262 after improving upon their best so far this season. Fujisawa ranks 11th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
65.482 points earned so far this season.
