Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN) lost
10-3 to
Eve Muirhead (Stirling, UK) in the Final of the Winter Olympics, held February 4 - 20, 2022 in Beijing, China. To advance to the championship game, Fujisawa won
8-6 over
Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI) in the semifinals
Fujisawa finished 5-4 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Fujisawa lost
8-5 to
Anna Hasselborg (Sundbyberg, SWE), then responded with a
8-5 win over
Jennifer Jones (Winnipeg, CAN). Fujisawa won
8-7 against
Madeleine Dupont (Hvidovre, DEN), then won
10-5 against
Alina Kovaleva (Saint-Petersburg, RUS) and
10-2 against
Yu Han (Beijing, CHN). Fujisawa went on to lose
10-5 against
Eunjung Kim (Gangneung, KOR). Fujisawa lost
10-4 to
Muirhead where Fujisawa responded with a
10-7 win over
Tabitha Peterson (St. Paul, USA). Fujisawa went on to lose
8-4 against
Tirinzoni in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Winter Olympics, Fujisawa take home
95.185 world rankings points. Fujisawa move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 90.769 points improving upon their best 6 results so far this season, ranking 4th overall with
351.760 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Fujisawa ranks 4th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
266.042 points earned so far this season.
