Riku Yanagisawa (Karuizawa, JPN) qualified for the 2022 Prism Flow Red Deer Curling Classic playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match
7-6 against
Tanner Horgan (Sudbury, NONT). of the 2022 Prism Flow Red Deer Curling Classic in Red Deer, Alberta;
Yanagisawa finished 5-1 in the 28-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Yanagisawa defeated
Dallan Muyres (Saskatoon , SK) 7-6, then went on to lose
8-4 against
Reid Carruthers (Morris, MB). Yanagisawa responded with a
6-0 win over
Jeff Ginter (Dawson Creek, AB). Yanagisawa won
5-4 against
Rylan Kleiter (Saskatoon, SK), then won
4-3 against
Horgan to advance to the B-Qualifier where they
7-2 against
Jacques Gauthier (Victoria, BC) to advance to the playoff round. in their final qualifying round match.
Yanagisawa earned
21.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Prism Flow Red Deer Curling Classic. Yanagisawa move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 4.5 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 34th overall with
95.991 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Yanagisawa ranks 19th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
84.000 points earned so far this season.
