Yang/Tian Runner-Up at 2023 Omnium Services Financiers Richard April

Games:	6
Record:	3W - 3L
PF/G:	9.76
PA/G:	5.85
Hammer Efficiency:	0.19
Steal Defense:	0.25
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.52

Ying Yang/Jiafeng Tian (Beijing, CHN) lost 5-4 to Yu Han/Qiang Zou (Beijing, CHN) in the Final of the Omnium Services Financiers Richard April, held November 10 - 12, 2023 in Riviere-du-Loup, Quebec. To advance to the championship game, Yang/Tian won 7-3 over Veronique Bouchard/Jean-Francois Charest (Chicoutimi, QC) in the semifinals of the 2023 Omnium Services Financiers Richard April in Riviere-du-Loup, Quebec; and won 8-2 over Marie-Claude Comeau/Simon Hebert (Valleyfield, MTL) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 Omnium Services Financiers Richard April in Riviere-du-Loup, Quebec;

Yang/Tian finished 1-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Yang/Tian lost 8-5 to Aline Fellmann/Chris Kovalchuk (Montreal, QC), droppimg another game, 6-5 to Emilie Desjardins/Robert Desjardins (Chicoutimi, QC) where Yang/Tian responded with a 11-0 win over Karina Theriault/Joe Beland (Riviere-du-Loup, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Omnium Services Financiers Richard April, Yang/Tian take home 16.500 world rankings points along with the $600CDN prize. For week 16 of the event schedule, Yang/Tian did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 283rd to 294th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 1.876 total points. Yang/Tian ranks 153rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 1.876 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	20	9	0	0.690	2-0	3-1	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	203	209	128	10.30	6.31	3.99	5.96	3.94	1.73	1.60	0.10

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	87	123	26	0	6-0	11-0	16-6	1.41	0.30	0.38	0.23

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	116	86	102	2	2-3	6-8	14-17	0.74	0.88	0.53	0.47

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