Brad Gushue (St. John's, CAN) finished 6-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gushue defeated
SooHyuk Kim (Seoul, KOR) 9-4, then won
7-3 against
Kroy Nernberger (Madison, USA) and
12-4 against
Lucien Lottenbach (Luzern, SUI). Gushue won
5-3 against
Thomas Ulsrud (Oslo, NOR), then won
10-3 against
Sergei Glukhov (Sochi, RUS). Gushue went on to lose
8-3 against
Fredrik Nyman (Stockholm, SWE). Gushue responded with a
7-3 win over
Xiu Yue Ma (Beijing, CHN) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the China Open, Gushue take home
24.131 world rankings points along with the $32,776CDN prize, remaining in 2nd place overall on the
World Ranking Standings with a net gain of -27.992 after improving upon their best so far this season. Gushue ranks 13th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
96.342 points earned so far this season.
