Liu Reaches 2013 Masters of Curling Semifinals

Harbin, China

SKIP
Rui
Liu

Third
Jia Liang
Zang

Second
Xiao Ming
Xu

Lead
De Xin
Ba

Games:	6
Record:	4W - 2L
PF/G:	7.27
PA/G:	5.91
Hammer Efficiency:	0.35
Steal Defense:	0.17
Force Efficiency:	0.60
Steal Efficiency:	0.20

Rui Liu (Harbin, CHN) run at the 2013 Masters of Curling came to an end in the semifinals with a 4-2 loss to Kevin Martin (Edmonton, AB). of the 2013 Masters of Curling in Abbotsford, British Columbia; Liu advanced through the quarterfinals with a 6-3 win over Rasmus Stjerne (Hvidovre, DEN). of the 2013 Masters of Curling in Abbotsford, British Columbia;

Liu finished 3-1 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Liu defeated Martin 7-6, then went on to lose 6-3 against Jeff Stoughton (Winnipeg, MB). Liu responded with a 7-4 win over Tyler George (Duluth, USA). Liu won 7-3 against Thomas Ulsrud (Oslo, NOR) in their final qualifying round match.

Liu earned 22.000 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Masters of Curling, moving up 4 spots the World Ranking Standings into 17th place overall with 113.030 total points. Liu ranks 13th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 46.100 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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