Takumi Maeda (Sapporo, JPN) won
6-4 over
Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN) in the Final of the Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup, held August 18 - 21, 2022 in Hokkaido, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Maeda won
7-6 over
Japan's Juon Ishimura in the semifinals of the 2022 Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup in Hokkaido, Japan;
Maeda finished 3-0 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Maeda defeated
Kohsuke Hirata (Kitami, JPN) 7-6, then won
7-4 against
Japan's Kotaro Noguchi and
9-5 against
Shinya Abe (Sapporo, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup Championship title, Maeda earned
15.000 world rankings points along with the $1,000,000CDN first prize cheque. For week 3 of the event schedule, Maeda did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the
World Ranking Standings with
total points. Maeda ranks th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
points earned so far this season.
