Junpei Kanda (Tokyo, JPN) lost
4-2 to
Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (Nagano, JPN) in the Final of the Keijinkai Rizing Cup, held January 11 - 13, 2020 in Miyota, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Kanda won
7-5 over
Takuya Ishikawa (Tokyo, JPN) in the semifinals
Kanda are currently 3-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kanda lost
6-1 to
Tomoya Watanabe (Tokyo, JPN), then responded with a
7-3 win over
Ryo Wakabayashi (Osaka, JPN). Kanda won
6-0 against
Ryo Ogihara (Karuizawa, JPN), then won
4-3 against
Ken Kanai (Yamanashi, JPN). In their next game, Kanda plays.
With their runner-up finish at the Keijinkai Rizing Cup, Kanda take home
8.340 world rankings points along with the $2,967CDN prize. Kanda move up 51 spots after posting a net gain of 6.924 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 160th overall with
18.407 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Kanda ranks 160th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
15.574 points earned so far this season.
