Han/Zou Reaches 2023 Ilderton Mixed Doubles Spiel Quarters

Yu Han/Qiang Zou (Beijing, CHN) qualified for the 2023 Ilderton Mixed Doubles Spiel playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 9-1 against Riley Sandham/Brendan Craig (Guelph, ON). of the 2023 Ilderton Mixed Doubles Spiel in Ilderton, Ontario, Canada;

Han/Zou finished 2-1 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Han/Zou defeated Joanne Gill/Ron Gill (Parry Sound, ON) 12-2, then went on to lose 8-4 against Laura Neil/Scott McDonald (St. Thomas, ON). Han/Zou responded with a 7-1 win over Gina Kim/Tim Luu (Toronto, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

Han/Zou earned 7.500 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Ilderton Mixed Doubles Spiel. Han/Zou move up 20 spots after posting a net gain of 11 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 43rd overall with 44.126 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Han/Zou ranks 15th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 44.126 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	19	5	1	0.792	4-0	0-1	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	170	178	102	10.47	6.00	4.47	6.24	3.71	1.68	1.62	0.06

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	75	101	31	1	3-2	11-1	14-5	1.35	0.41	0.38	0.24

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	95	77	71	0	2-1	5-5	11-13	0.81	0.75	0.58	0.53

The Swiss Olympic rink (Photo: Anil Mungal/GSOC) are off and running as they aim to top the podium in Cortina.

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