Liu4-3 at 2017 Olympic Qualification Event

SKIP
Rui
Liu

Third
Xiao Ming
Xu

Second
Dongxu
Jiang

Lead
Jia Liang
Zang

Rui Liu (Harbin, CHN) finished 4-3 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Liu defeated Alexander Baumann (Hamburg, GER) 7-4, then won 10-5 against Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA). Liu went on to lose 5-3 against Rasmus Stjerne (Hvidovre, DEN). Liu responded with a 7-5 win over Jaap van Dorp (Zoetermeer, NED). Liu went on to lose 10-7 against Jiri Snitil (Prague, CZE). Liu responded with a 10-6 win over Aku Kauste (Hyvinkaa, FIN). Liu went on to lose 8-5 against Alexey Timofeev (Moscow, RUS) in their final qualifying round match.

Liu earned 6.843 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 18 of the event schedule, Liu did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Liu ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

Stefania Constantini and Amos Mosaner (Photo: Stephen Fisher/World Curling) are semifinal bound after picking up an eighth victory in Fredericton.

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