Riku Yanagisawa (Karuizawa, JPN) lost
6-5 to
Yannick Schwaller (Geneva, SUI) in the Final of the Curling Stadium Martensville International, held September 1 - 5, 2022 at the Martensville Curling Club in Martensville, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Yanagisawa won
7-3 over
Colton Flasch (Saskatoon , SK) in the semifinals of the 2022 Curling Stadium Martensville International in Martensville, Saskatchewan, Canada; and won
6-4 over
Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK) in the quarterfinals. of the 2022 Curling Stadium Martensville International in Martensville, Saskatchewan, Canada;
Yanagisawa finished 3-2 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Yanagisawa lost
4-0 to
Flasch, then responded with a
6-4 win over
Schwaller. Yanagisawa won
4-3 against
Mike McEwen (Toronto, ON), then won
6-4 against
Dallan Muyres (Saskatoon , SK). Yanagisawa went on to lose
8-4 against
Laycock in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Curling Stadium Martensville International, Yanagisawa take home
24.750 world rankings points along with the $5,000CDN prize, moving up 51 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 69th place overall with
42.736 total points. Yanagisawa ranks 14th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
24.750 points earned so far this season.
