Liu Reaches 2014 German Masters Semifinals

SKIP
Rui
Liu

Third
Jia Liang
Zang

Second
Xiao Ming
Xu

Lead
De Xin
Ba

Rui Liu (Harbin, CHN) run at the 2014 German Masters came to an end in the semifinals with a 5-3 loss to Peter de Cruz (Geneva, SUI). of the 2014 German Masters in Hamburg, Germany; Liu advanced through the quarterfinals with a 8-7 win over Logan Gray (Stirling, SCO). of the 2014 German Masters in Hamburg, Germany;

Liu finished 4-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Liu defeated Konstantin Kampf (Fuessen, GER) 9-5, then won 5-4 against de Cruz and 4-3 against Brady Clark (Lynnwood, WA). Liu won 8-6 against Rasmus Stjerne (Hvidovre, DEN) in their final qualifying round match.

Liu earned 8.200 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the German Masters, moving up 1 spots the World Ranking Standings into 14th place overall with 152.035 total points. Liu ranks 12th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 85.105 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2014	65	32	0	0.670	28-16	11-12	10-14	2-3	0-3

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2014	784	613	470	7.82	5.99	1.82	4.89	3.85	1.60	1.56	1.26

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2014	383	430	89	55	5-0	26-7	95-13	1.12	0.23	0.38	0.16

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2014	401	183	381	44	3-7	15-21	27-77	0.46	0.95	0.56	0.29

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