Liu5-2 at 2012 Kariuzawa International

SKIP
Rui
Liu

Third
Xiao Ming
Xu

Second
Jia Liang
Zang

Lead
De Xin
Ba

Rui Liu (Harbin, CHN) finished 5-2 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Liu lost 8-3 to Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN), then responded with a 7-6 win over Jamie Boutin (Mannheim, GER). Liu won 8-3 against Norway's Thomas Lovold. Liu went on to lose 6-3 against Chang-Min Kim (Uiseong Gyeongbuk, KOR). Liu responded with a 5-2 win over Yuta Matsumura (Nagano, JPN). Liu won 9-1 against Colin Thomas (St. John's, NL), then won 4-3 against Nobuaki Mutoh (Kariuzawa, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Liu earned 4.000 world rankings points for their Top 4 finish in the Kariuzawa International. For week 24 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

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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