Rui Liu (Harbin, CHN) won
5-2 over
Bruce Korte (Saskatoon, SK) in the Final of the Weatherford Curling Classic, held November 29 - December 2, 2013 at the Estevan Curling Club in Estevan, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Liu won
5-4 over
Scott Manners (North Battleford, SK) in the semifinals of the 2013 Weatherford Curling Classic in Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada; and won
3-1 over
Randy Woytowich (Saskatoon, SK) in the quarterfinals.
Liu finished 3-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Liu lost
2-1 to
Brent Gedak (Estevan, SK), then responded with a
9-3 win over
Brad Heidt (Kerrobert, SK). Liu won
6-4 against
Scott Bitz (Regina, SK), then won
8-3 against
Manners in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Weatherford Curling Classic Championship title, Liu earned
10.200 world rankings points along with the $10,000CDN first prize cheque, dropping 1 spots on the
World Ranking Standings into 16th place overall with
134.480 total points. Liu ranks 12th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
67.550 points earned so far this season.
