Wang Reaches 2025 Gangneung Invitational 2025 Quarters

SKIP
Rui
Wang

Third
Yu
Han

Second
Ziqi
Dong

Lead
Ying
Yang

Rui Wang (Beijing, CHN) qualified for the 2025 Gangneung Invitational 2025 playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 8-2 against Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN). of the 2025 Gangneung Invitational 2025 in Gangneung, Korea;

Wang finished 3-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Wang defeated Tabitha Peterson (St. Paul, USA) 5-4, then won 9-4 against Virginija Paulauskaite (Vilnius, LTU) and 8-6 against Bobae Kang (Jeonbuk, KOR). Wang went on to lose 6-5 against Fujisawa in their final qualifying round match.

Wang earned 16.500 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Gangneung Invitational 2025. Wang move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 12.75 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 17th overall with 154.125 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Wang ranks 17th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 154.125 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2025	51	28	0	0.646	3-0	4-3	2-1	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2025	607	526	352	8.67	5.80	2.87	4.98	3.74	1.74	1.55	1.29

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2025	279	316	72	39	4-0	30-2	57-11	1.13	0.26	0.38	0.20

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2025	328	210	280	39	8-2	15-18	32-67	0.64	0.85	0.49	0.36

Duluth's Korey Dropkin (Photo: Anil Mungal/GSOC) is set to begin their tour season at the Euro Super Series in Stirling, Scotland.

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