Zhang4-4 at 2018 Qinghai Curling Elite

Harbin, China

SKIP
Di
Zhang

Third
Meini
Wang

Second
Suyuan
Fan

Lead
Hui
Yan

Games:	8
Record:	4W - 4L
PF/G:	5.94
PA/G:	6.72
Hammer Efficiency:	0.41
Steal Defense:	0.17
Force Efficiency:	0.65
Steal Efficiency:	0.10

Di Zhang (Harbin, CHN) finished 4-4 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Zhang defeated Eszter Juhasz (Hyvinkaa, FIN) 8-5, then won 5-3 against Yu Han (Changchun, CHN). Zhang went on to lose 7-5 against Ying Yang (Harbin, CHN). Zhang lost 5-4 to Alina Kovaleva (Saint-Petersburg, RUS). Zhang lost 12-2 to Elena Stern (Oberwallis , SUI) where Zhang responded with a 5-4 win over Kelsey Rocque (Edmonton, AB). Zhang went on to lose 4-3 against Daniela Jentsch (Fuessen, GER). Zhang responded with a 6-3 win over Cait Flannery (Chaska, USA) in their final qualifying round match.

Zhang earned 5.586 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 6 spots the World Ranking Standings into 75th place overall with 59.239 total points. Zhang ranks 60th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 55.335 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

2019: Alina Kovaleva
Alina Kovaleva, Maria Komarova, Galina Arsenkina, Ekaterina Kuzmina, Anastasiia Danshina
Saint-Petersburg , RUS
2018: Daniela Jentsch
Daniela Jentsch, Emira Abbes, Analena Jentsch, Klara Fomm
Fuessen, GER
2017: Ursi Hegner
Ursi Hegner, Imogen Oona Lehmann, Nina Ledergerber, Claudia Baumann
Uzwil, SUI

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