Tao Reaches 2023 Saville Grand Prix Quarters

SKIP
Johnson
Tao

Third
Jaedon
Neuert

Second
Ben
Morin

Lead
Andrew
Nowell

Johnson Tao (Edmonton, AB) qualified for the 2023 Saville Grand Prix playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 6-4 against Jacob Libbus (Okotoks, AB). of the 2023 Saville Grand Prix in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada;

Tao finished 3-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Tao defeated Tyler Pfeiffer (Edmonton, AB) 7-2, then won 7-1 against Ryan Parent (Calgary, AB) and 6-5 against Danny Sherrard (Edmonton, AB). Tao went on to lose 5-4 against Scott Webb (Grande Prairie, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

Tao earned 1.500 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Saville Grand Prix, dropping 2 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 53rd place overall with 66.524 total points. Tao ranks 52nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 26.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	25	19	0	0.568	6-2	3-2	0-2	1-1	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	354	261	207	7.37	5.85	1.53	4.55	3.67	1.62	1.59	1.78

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	163	181	42	22	3-0	10-1	42-7	1.11	0.26	0.39	0.20

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	191	80	165	41	1-2	6-9	12-42	0.42	0.86	0.45	0.28

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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