Rui Liu (Harbin, CHN) won
7-5 over
Scott Ramsay (winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the FSCC U.S. Open of Curling, held January 3 - 5, 2014 in Blaine, Minnesota. To advance to the championship game, Liu won
6-0 over
Tyler George (New York, NY) in the semifinals of the 2014 FSCC U.S. Open of Curling in Blaine, Minnesota; and won
7-6 over
Heath McCormick (St Paul, MN) in the quarterfinals.
Liu finished 5-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Liu defeated
Mark Willmert (Blaine, MN) 6-1, then won
8-4 against
Jeff Currie (Thunder Bay, ON) and
8-0 against
Korey Dropkin (Southborough, MA). Liu won
6-5 against
Cory Ward (St. Paul, MN), then won
7-0 against
Allison Pottinger (Bemidji, MN) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the FSCC U.S. Open of Curling Championship title, Liu earned
7.750 world rankings points along with the $8,523CDN first prize cheque, moving up 1 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 15th place overall with
143.835 total points. Liu ranks 12th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
76.905 points earned so far this season.
