Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (Nagano, JPN) won
4-2 over
Junpei Kanda (Tokyo, JPN) in the Final of the Keijinkai Rizing Cup, held January 11 - 13, 2020 in Miyota, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Yamaguchi won
6-3 over
Tomoya Watanabe (Tokyo, JPN) in the semifinals of the 2020 Keijinkai Rizing Cup in Miyota, Japan;
Yamaguchi finished 5-0 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Yamaguchi defeated
Hiroki Yoshioka (Okayama, JPN) 7-3, then won
7-3 against
Michio Hatano (Chiba, JPN) and
11-3 against
Hiromitsu Kuriyama (Tokyo, JPN). Yamaguchi won
4-3 against
Tomoji Arai (Tokyo, JPN), then won
5-1 against
Takuya Ishikawa (Tokyo, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Keijinkai Rizing Cup Championship title, Yamaguchi earned
11.373 world rankings points along with the $5,934CDN first prize cheque. Yamaguchi move up 7 spots after posting a net gain of 3.966 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 39th overall with
105.718 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Yamaguchi ranks 35th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
102.627 points earned so far this season.
