Chiaki Matsumura/Yasumasa Tanida (Nagano/Hokkaido, JPN) lost
11-4 to
Tori Koana/Go Aoki (Karuizawa, JPN) in the Final of the Mixed Doubles Super Series - Moose Jaw, held October 26 - 29, 2023 at the Moose Jaw Ford Curling Centre in Moose Jaw, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Matsumura/Tanida won
8-7 over
Jiyoon Kim/ByeongJin Jeong (Seoul, KOR) in the semifinals of the 2023 Mixed Doubles Super Series - Moose Jaw in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada; and won
6-3 over
Nancy Martin/Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 Mixed Doubles Super Series - Moose Jaw in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada;
Matsumura/Tanida finished 5-0 in the 17-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Matsumura/Tanida defeated
Olivia Jones/Dustin Mikush (Saskatoon, SK) 7-1, then won
8-4 against
Martin/Laycock and
8-3 against
Meghan Walter/Catlin Schneider (Winnipeg, MB). Matsumura/Tanida won
8-4 against
Jill Springer/Garret Springer (Regina, SK), then won
8-3 against
Saskatchewan's Shelby Lamontagne/Grady LaMontagne in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Mixed Doubles Super Series - Moose Jaw, Matsumura/Tanida take home
24.750 world rankings points along with the $4,000CDN prize. Matsumura/Tanida move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 7.5 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 2nd overall with
185.062 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Matsumura/Tanida ranks 3rd overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
52.500 points earned so far this season.
