Daniel Casper (Chaska, MN) won
6-2 over
Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN) in the Final of the HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 2, held October 17 - 22, 2023 in Niagara Falls, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, Casper won
8-3 over
Mike McEwen (Saskatoon, SK) in the semifinals of the 2023 HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 2 in Niagara Falls, Ontario; and won
7-4 over
ByeongJin Jeong (Seoul, KOR) in the quarterfinals.
Casper finished 2-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Casper defeated
Marco Hoesli (Glarus, SUI) 4-3, then went on to lose
7-2 against
Cameron Bryce (Border, SCO). Casper responded with a
6-5 win over
Catlin Schneider (Victoria, BC). Casper went on to lose
8-7 against
Rylan Kleiter (Saskatoon, SK) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 2 Championship title, Casper earned
41.250 world rankings points along with the $9,500CDN first prize cheque. Casper move up 8 spots after posting a net gain of 25.297 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 17th overall with
169.016 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Casper ranks 11th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
89.250 points earned so far this season.
