Rui Liu (HARBIN, CHN) lost
5-2 to
Grant Hardie (Dumfries, SCO) in the Final of the CCT Aberdeen International Curling Championship, held March 15 - 19, 2017 in Aberdeen, Scotland. To advance to the championship game, Liu won
6-3 over
Yannick Schwaller (Bern, SUI) in the semifinals of the 2017 CCT Aberdeen International Curling Championship in Aberdeen, Scotland; and won
7-2 over
Gustav Eskilsson (Skellefte�, SWE) in the quarterfinals. of the 2017 CCT Aberdeen International Curling Championship in Aberdeen, Scotland;
Liu finished 4-2 in the 28-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Liu defeated
Alexey Stukalskiy (Moscow, RUS) 6-4, then went on to lose
6-4 against
David Murdoch (Stirling, SCO). Liu lost
7-6 to
Tom Brewster (Aberdeen, SCO) where Liu responded with a
7-2 win over
Andrew Hutcheon (Aberdeen, SCO). Liu won
6-5 against
Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA), then won
4-3 against
Magnus Ramsfjell (Jar, NOR) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the CCT Aberdeen International Curling Championship, Liu take home
34.179 world rankings points along with the $4,973CDN prize. Liu move up 7 spots after posting a net gain of 31.992 points improving upon their best results so far this season, ranking 27th overall with
251.147 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Liu ranks 24th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
153.885 points earned so far this season.
