CHAMPION: Ueno/Yamaguchi Wins Obihiro Spring Cup

Miyu Ueno/Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (Karuizawa, JPN) won 10-7 over Moka Tanaka/Koei Sato (Obihiro, JPN) in the Final of the Obihiro Spring Cup, held June 26 - 29 in Obihiro, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Ueno/Yamaguchi won 6-5 over Arisa Funaki/Yuto Kamada (Aomori, JPN) in the semifinals of the Obihiro Spring Cup in Obihiro, Japan;

Ueno/Yamaguchi finished 5-0 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ueno/Yamaguchi defeated Chihiro Yuki/Genji Ohara (Obihiro, JPN) 11-2, then won 7-5 against Wakaba Matsuda/Shunya Matsuda (Sapporo, JPN) and 13-1 against Haruko Sakurai/Takanobu Iwasaki (Obihiro, JPN). Ueno/Yamaguchi won 8-5 against Yumeka Mori/Haruto Abe (Sapporo, JPN), then won 7-4 against Yuina Miura/Taiki Kudo (Sapporo, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Obihiro Spring Cup Championship title, Ueno/Yamaguchi earned 6.000 world rankings points along with the $2,000CDN first prize cheque. Ueno/Yamaguchi gained 2.625 points improving upon their best 1 events, though dropped 138 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 138thplace overall with 2.625 total points. Ueno/Yamaguchi ranks 442nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.