Riku Yanagisawa (Karuizawa, JPN) lost
9-2 to
Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK) in the Final of the S3 Group Curling Stadium Series, held October 7 - 10, 2022 in Swift Current, Saskatchewan. To advance to the championship game, Yanagisawa won
7-4 over
ByeongJin Jeong (Seoul, KOR) in the semifinals of the 2022 S3 Group Curling Stadium Series in Swift Current, Saskatchewan; and won
8-4 over
Scott Manners (Lloydminster, SK) in the quarterfinals.
Yanagisawa finished 3-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Yanagisawa defeated
Josh Heidt (Kerrobert , SK) 7-0, then won
6-5 against
Manners and
6-4 against
Jesse St. John (Swift Current, SK) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the S3 Group Curling Stadium Series, Yanagisawa take home
16.500 world rankings points along with the $1,700CDN prize. Yanagisawa move up 26 spots after posting a net gain of 15.753 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 33rd overall with
77.989 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Yanagisawa ranks 14th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
63.000 points earned so far this season.
