Yan/Kuo2-3 at 2020 Highland Mixed Doubles Classic

Hui Yan/Cheng Kuo (Beijing, CHN) finished 2-3 in the 21-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Yan/Kuo lost 7-4 to Michelle Englot/Derek Schneider (Regina, SK), then responded with a 8-3 win over Taylor Stremick/Logan Ede (Regina, SK). Yan/Kuo went on to lose 6-5 against Saskatchewan's Danielle Schmiemann/Jason Ginter. Yan/Kuo responded with a 6-5 win over Nicole Westlund Stewart/Tyler Stewart (Ayr, ON). Yan/Kuo went on to lose 10-5 against Cheng Yu Sun/Wen Xin Zhang (Beijing, CHN) in their final qualifying round match.

Yan/Kuo earned 3.936 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, remaining in 668th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 2.092 after improving upon their best so far this season. Yan/Kuo ranks 33rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 63.736 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

Stefania Constantini and Amos Mosaner (Photo: Stephen Fisher/World Curling) claim Italy's first World Mixed Doubles Championship crown.

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