Wang Runner-Up at 2025 Asian Winter Games

SKIP
Rui
Wang

Third
Yu
Han

Second
Ziqi
Dong

Lead
Jiayi
Jiang

Rui Wang (Beijing, CHN) lost 7-2 to Eun ji Gim (Gyeonggido, KOR) in the Final of the Asian Winter Games, held February 9 - 14, 2025 in Harbin, China. To advance to the championship game, Wang won 5-2 over Yuina Miura (Nayoro, JPN) in the semifinals

Wang finished 7-1 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Wang defeated Phichayathida Jaosap (Bangkok, THA) 19-1, then won 14-2 against Ko Yang (Taipei City, TPE) and 14-0 against Amna Al-Qaet (Doha, QAT). Wang won 11-4 against Tilsimay Alliyarova (Almaty, KAZ), then won 9-3 against Ling-Yue Hung (Hong Kong, HKG). Wang went on to lose 4-3 against Gim. Wang responded with a 9-5 win over Kathleen Dubberstein (Manilla, PHI). Wang won 6-2 against Miura in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Asian Winter Games, Wang take home 8.250 world rankings points, moving up 1 spots the World Ranking Standings into 18th place overall with 141.375 total points. Wang ranks 18th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 141.375 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2025	51	28	0	0.646	3-0	4-3	2-1	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2025	607	526	352	8.67	5.80	2.87	4.98	3.74	1.74	1.55	1.29

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2025	279	316	72	39	4-0	30-2	57-11	1.13	0.26	0.38	0.20

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2025	328	210	280	39	8-2	15-18	32-67	0.64	0.85	0.49	0.36

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