Yuina Miura (Sapporo, JPN) lost
8-4 to
Serena Gray-Withers (Edmonton, AB) in the Final of the Grand Slam Tour Challenge U25, held October 14 - 19 at the Beaumont Curling Club in Beaumont, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Miura won
7-6 over
Emma Artichuk (Waterloo, ON) in the semifinals of the Grand Slam Tour Challenge U25 in Beaumont, Alberta, Canada; and won
9-1 over
Lila Koe (Calgary, AB) in the quarterfinals. of the Grand Slam Tour Challenge U25 in Beaumont, Alberta, Canada;
Miura finished 3-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Miura defeated
Mahra Harris (Victoria, BC) 7-0, then won
9-1 against
Taylor Sanderman (Airdrie, AB) and
5-3 against
Katie Ford (Waterloo, ON) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Grand Slam Tour Challenge U25, Miura take home
14.850 world rankings points along with the $3,000CDN prize. Miura move up 7 spots after posting a net gain of 11.1 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 56th overall with
49.766 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Miura ranks 38th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
30.625 points earned so far this season.
