Ikue Kitazawa (Nagano, JPN) won
7-1 over
Carly Howard (Mississauga, ON) in the Final of the KW Fall Classic, held September 22 - 25, 2022 at the K-W Granite Club in Waterloo, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Kitazawa won
7-0 over
Katelyn Wasylkiw (Whitby, ON) in the semifinals of the 2022 KW Fall Classic in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada; and won
7-5 over
Momoha Tabata (Sapporo, JPN) in the quarterfinals. of the 2022 KW Fall Classic in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada;
Kitazawa finished 3-1 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kitazawa defeated
Meaghan Mallett (Toronto, ON) 7-0, then went on to lose
7-1 against
Tabata. Kitazawa responded with a
6-3 win over
Susan Froud (Alliston, ON). Kitazawa won
5-3 against
Abby Deschene (Acton, ON) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the KW Fall Classic Championship title, Kitazawa earned
22.500 world rankings points along with the $2,600CDN first prize cheque. Kitazawa gained 3 points improving upon their best 2 events, though dropped 2 spots on the
World Ranking Standings into 24thplace overall with
105.330 total points. Kitazawa ranks 5th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
56.250 points earned so far this season.
