Liu Reaches 2013 Vic Open Quarters

SKIP
Rui
Liu

Third
Jia Liang
Zang

Second
Xiao Ming
Xu

Lead
De Xin
Ba

Rui Liu (Harbin, CHN) qualified for the 2013 Vic Open playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 5-4 against Philippe Lemay (Trois-Rivieres, PQ). of the 2013 Vic Open in Quebec, Quebec, Canada;

Liu finished 3-1 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Liu lost 8-7 to Daniel Caron (Montreal, PQ), then responded with a 8-2 win over Denis Lachance (Quebec, PQ). Liu won 4-3 against Lemay, then won 6-2 against Robert Desjardins (Saguenay, PQ) in their final qualifying round match.

Liu earned 1.605 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Vic Open, remaining in 16th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 136.085 total points. Liu ranks 12th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 69.155 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2014	65	32	0	0.670	28-16	11-12	10-14	2-3	0-3

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2014	784	613	470	7.82	5.99	1.82	4.89	3.85	1.60	1.56	1.26

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2014	383	430	89	55	5-0	26-7	95-13	1.12	0.23	0.38	0.16

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2014	401	183	381	44	3-7	15-21	27-77	0.46	0.95	0.56	0.29

2020: Vincent Roberge
Vincent Roberge, Jesse Mullen, Jean-Michel Arsenault, Julien Tremblay
Levis, QC
2019: Martin Crete
Martin Crete, Philippe Lemay, Eric Sylvain, Philippe Menard
St-Romuald, QC
2018: Jean-Michel Menard
Jean-Michel Menard, Martin Crete, Eric Sylvain, Philippe Menard
Gatineau, QC
2013: Martin Ferland
Martin Ferland, Francois Roberge, Shawn Fowler, Maxime Elmaleh
Quebec, QC
2012: Simon Dupuis
Simon Dupuis, Louis Biron, Frederic Boulanger, Maurice Cayouette
Buckingham, QC

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