Anna Sidorova (Moscow, RUS) won
5-4 over
Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN) in the Final of the Karuizawa International, held December 19 - 22, 2019 in Karuizawa, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Sidorova won
9-4 over
Tabitha Peterson (McFarland , USA) in the semifinals of the 2019 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan; and won
9-2 over
Mayu Minami (Sapporo, JPN) in the quarterfinals.
Sidorova finished 5-0 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Sidorova defeated
Fujisawa 5-4, then won
9-2 against
Minami and
7-3 against
Misako Kawahira (Obihiro, JPN). Sidorova won
5-2 against
Jamie Sinclair (Charlotte, NC), then won
8-2 against
Seina Nakajima (Nagano, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Karuizawa International Championship title, Sidorova earned
43.313 world rankings points along with the $15,628CDN first prize cheque, moving up 8 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 26th place overall with
184.277 total points. Sidorova ranks 27th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
114.303 points earned so far this season.
