Martin9-2 at 2011 Tim Hortons Brier

Kevin Martin (Edmonton, AB) finished 9-2 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Martin defeated Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste Marie, NONT) 7-2, then won 8-6 against James Grattan (Oromocto, NB) and 8-2 against Jim Cotter (Kelowna, BC). Martin won 9-2 against Eddie MacKenzie (Charlottetown, PEI). Martin went on to lose 9-4 against Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL). Martin responded with a 9-7 win over Shawn Adams (Halifax, NS). Martin won 7-5 against Francois Gagne (Montreal, QC), then won 11-3 against Steve Laycock (Regina, SK). Martin went on to lose 5-1 against Jeff Stoughton (Winnipeg, MB). Martin responded with a 7-6 win over Jamie Koe (Yellowknife, Y/NWT). Martin won 6-5 against Glenn Howard (Coldwater, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

Martin earned 20.000 world rankings points for their Top 4 finish in the Tim Hortons Brier, remaining in 1st place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 3.52 after improving upon their best so far this season. Martin ranks 2nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 229.040 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

Gangwon Province's Park Jong-duk (Photo: Steve Seixeiro/WCF) will try to make it a second straight national title this week in Uijeongbu.

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