Dropkin Runner-Up at 2019 China Open

SKIP
Korey
Dropkin

Third
Thomas
Howell

Second
Mark
Fenner

Lead
Alex
Fenson

Korey Dropkin (Chaska, USA) lost 7-6 to Chang-Min Kim (Uiseong, KOR) in the Final of the China Open, held December 13 - 17, 2019 in Tianjin, China. To advance to the championship game, Dropkin won 6-3 over Braden Calvert (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals of the 2019 China Open in Tianjin, China;

Dropkin finished 5-2 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Dropkin lost 6-5 to Jaap van Dorp (Zoetermeer, NED), then responded with a 6-5 win over Fredrik Nyman (Stockholm, SWE). Dropkin won 9-4 against Sergei Glukhov (Sochi, RUS), then won 8-6 against Andrin Schnider (St. Gallen, SUI) and 7-3 against Calvert. Dropkin went on to lose 7-6 against Kim. Dropkin responded with a 7-2 win over Qiang Zou (Beijing, CHN) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the China Open, Dropkin take home 25.523 world rankings points along with the $5,194CDN prize. Dropkin move up 3 spots after posting a net gain of 12.025 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 17th overall with 233.354 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Dropkin ranks 14th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 179.362 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: Chang-Min Kim
Chang-Min Kim, Kijeong Lee, Hak Kyun Kim, Kibok Lee
Uiseong, KOR
2018: Sergei Glukhov
Sergei Glukhov, Artur Ali, Dmitry Mironov, Anton Kalalb
Sochi, RUS
2013: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, CAN

Manitoba's Jordon McDonald (Photo: Curling Canada) is in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, competing at the Canadian Olympic Pre-Trials.

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