Tomoya Watanabe (Tokyo, JPN) won 5-3 over Takuya Ishikawa (Tokyo, JPN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2020 Keijinkai Rizing Cup in Miyota, Japan. of the 2020 Keijinkai Rizing Cup in Miyota, Japan; Tomoya Watanabe (Tokyo, JPN) won 5-3 over Takuya Ishikawa (Tokyo, JPN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2020 Keijinkai Rizing Cup in Miyota, Japan. Watanabe lost
6-3 to
Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (Nagano, JPN) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game. of the 2020 Keijinkai Rizing Cup in Miyota, Japan;
Watanabe finished 3-2 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Watanabe defeated
Junpei Kanda (Tokyo, JPN) 6-1, then went on to lose
5-3 against
Shun Tanaka (Tokyo, JPN). Watanabe lost
7-1 to
Ken Kanai (Yamanashi, JPN) where Watanabe responded with a
5-4 win over
Ryo Wakabayashi (Osaka, JPN). Watanabe won
9-8 against
Ryo Ogihara (Karuizawa, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.
With their third place finish at the Keijinkai Rizing Cup, Watanabe earn
6.445 world rankings points and 1424CDN. Watanabe move up 123 spots after posting a net gain of 5.885 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 236th overall with
8.765 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Watanabe ranks 232nd overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
7.646 points earned so far this season.
