Rui Wang (Beijing, CHN) won
6-2 over
Corryn Brown (Kamloops, BC) in the Final of the Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic, held September 28 - October 1, 2023 at the Vernon Curling Club in Vernon, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Wang won
6-4 over
Yu Han (Beijing, CHN) in the semifinals of the 2023 Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic in Vernon, British Columbia, Canada; and won
7-3 over
Miyu Ueno (Karuizawa, JPN) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic in Vernon, British Columbia, Canada;
Wang finished 3-1 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Wang defeated
Taylor Reese-Hansen (Victoria, BC) 6-4, then won
6-3 against
Momoha Tabata (Sapporo, JPN) and
6-4 against
Kim Dennis (New Westminster, BC). Wang went on to lose
5-4 against
Ikue Kitazawa (Nagano, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic Championship title, Wang earned
30.000 world rankings points along with the $6,000CDN first prize cheque. Wang move up 86 spots after posting a net gain of 28.828 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 67th overall with
38.016 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Wang ranks 29th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
34.500 points earned so far this season.
