Chiaki Matsumura/Yasumasa Tanida (Nagano/Hokkaido, JPN) lost
7-5 to
Tori Koana/Go Aoki (Karuizawa, JPN) in the Final of the Mixed Doubles Super Series - Oakville, held December 28 - 31, 2023 at the Oakville Curling Club in Oakville, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Matsumura/Tanida won
6-4 over
Cory Thiesse/Korey Dropkin (Duluth, MN) in the semifinals of the 2023 Mixed Doubles Super Series - Oakville in Oakville, Ontario, Canada; and won
8-7 over
Kristin Moen Skaslien/Magnus Nedregotten (Oslo, NOR) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 Mixed Doubles Super Series - Oakville in Oakville, Ontario, Canada;
Matsumura/Tanida finished 4-1 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Matsumura/Tanida defeated
Anne Sophie Gionest/Robert Desjardins (Chicoutimi, QC) 10-6, then went on to lose
10-4 against
Alina Paetz/Sven Michel (Zurich, SUI). Matsumura/Tanida responded with a
8-3 win over
Riley Sandham/Brendan Craig (Guelph, ON). Matsumura/Tanida won
9-6 against
Therese Westman/Robin Ahlberg (Stockholm, SWE), then won
8-2 against
Megan Smith/Doug Thomson (Newmarket, ON) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Mixed Doubles Super Series - Oakville, Matsumura/Tanida take home
38.500 world rankings points along with the $4,000CDN prize. For week 23 of the event schedule, Matsumura/Tanida did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 4th place on the
World Ranking Standings with
143.532 total points. Matsumura/Tanida ranks 4th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
77.250 points earned so far this season.
