Sijia Liu/De Jia Zou (Beijing, CHN) qualified for the 2019 China Open Mixed Doubles playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match
8-5 against
Marie Turmann/Harri Lill (Tallinn, EST). of the 2019 China Open Mixed Doubles in Hebei, China;
Liu/Zou finished 2-3 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Liu/Zou defeated
Zuzana Paulova/Tomas Paul (Prague, CZE) 7-2, then went on to lose
9-4 against
Jenny Perret/Martin Rios (Bern, SUI). Liu/Zou lost
7-2 to
Angela Romei/Joel Retornaz (Pinerolo, ITA) where Liu/Zou responded with a
10-6 win over
Oona Kauste/Aku Kauste (Hyvinkaa, FIN). Liu/Zou went on to lose
9-6 against
Sarah Anderson/Korey Dropkin (Minneapolis, USA) in their final qualifying round match.
Liu/Zou earned
5.529 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. Liu/Zou gained 34.431 points improving upon their best 2 events, though dropped 667 spots on the
World Ranking Standings into 667thplace overall with
34.431 total points. Liu/Zou ranks 9th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
5.528 points earned so far this season.
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