Yanagisawa Reaches 2023 HUB International Alberta Curling Series Major Quarters

SKIP
Riku
Yanagisawa

Third
Tsuyoshi
Yamaguchi

Second
Takeru
Yamamoto

Lead
Satoshi
Koizumi

Riku Yanagisawa (Karuizawa, JPN) qualified for the 2023 HUB International Alberta Curling Series Major playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 4-3 against Michael Brunner (Bern, SUI). of the 2023 HUB International Alberta Curling Series Major in Beaumont, Alberta, Canada;

Yanagisawa finished 4-2 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Yanagisawa defeated Danny Sherrard (Edmonton, AB) 7-0, then went on to lose 3-2 against Cameron de Jong (Penticton, BC). Yanagisawa lost 5-3 to Johnson Tao (Edmonton, AB) where Yanagisawa responded with a 6-1 win over Sherrard. Yanagisawa won 7-6 against Tao, then won 7-5 against de Jong in their final qualifying round match.

Yanagisawa earned 16.500 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the HUB International Alberta Curling Series Major. Yanagisawa move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 5.875 points improving upon their best 2 results so far this season, ranking 16th overall with 198.375 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Yanagisawa ranks 23rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 30.000 points earned so far this season.