Han/Zou Reaches Curling Stadium Martensville Mixed Doubles Semifinals

Yu Han/Qiang Zou (Beijing, CHN) run at the Curling Stadium Martensville Mixed Doubles came to an end in the semifinals with a 6-3 loss to Ashley Thevenot/Dustin Kalthoff (Saskatoon, SK). of the Curling Stadium Martensville Mixed Doubles in Martensville, Saskatchewan, Canada; Han/Zou advanced through the quarterfinals with a 8-3 win over Brett Barber/Mitch Heidt (Kerrobert , SK).

Han/Zou finished 4-0 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Han/Zou defeated Jill Springer/Garret Springer (Regina, SK) 9-3, then won 8-3 against Jaelyn Cotter/Jim Cotter (Vernon, BC) and 10-2 against Tori Koana/Go Aoki (Karuizawa, JPN). Han/Zou won 9-1 against Shelby Lamontagne/Grady LaMontagne (Moose Jaw, SK) in their final qualifying round match.

Han/Zou earned 10.625 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Curling Stadium Martensville Mixed Doubles, remaining in 806th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 10.626 after improving upon their best so far this season. Han/Zou ranks 44th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 10.626 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	19	5	1	0.792	4-0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	170	178	102	10.47	6.00	4.47	6.24	3.71	1.68	1.62	0.06

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	75	101	31	1	3-2	11-1	14-5	1.35	0.41	0.38	0.24

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	95	77	71	0	2-1	5-5	11-13	0.81	0.75	0.58	0.53

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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