CHAMPION: Liu Wins 2013 Denham Hospitality Summer Classic

Harbin, China

SKIP
Rui
Liu

Third
Jia Liang
Zang

Second
Xiao Ming
Xu

Lead
De Xin
Ba

Games:	6
Record:	5W - 1L
PF/G:	10.00
PA/G:	5.95
Hammer Efficiency:	0.56
Steal Defense:	0.22
Force Efficiency:	0.55
Steal Efficiency:	0.50

Rui Liu (Harbin, CHN) won 6-1 over Daylan Vavrek (Dawson Creek, BC) in the Final of the Denham Hospitality Summer Classic, held September 6 - 8, 2013 at the Leduc Curling Club in Leduc, Canada. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Liu won 9-5 over Danny Sherrard (Edmonton, AB) to advance to the championship game. of the 2013 Denham Hospitality Summer Classic in Leduc, Alberta, Canada; of the 2013 Denham Hospitality Summer Classic in Leduc, Alberta, Canada;

Liu finished 3-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Liu defeated Sherrard 8-6, then went on to lose 7-5 against Dean Ross (Edmonton, AB). Liu responded with a 8-2 win over Alberta's Robert Schlender. Liu won 6-4 against Tom Sallows (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Denham Hospitality Summer Classic Championship title, Liu earned 0.000 world rankings points along with the $2,000CDN first prize cheque. For week 4 of the event schedule, Liu did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 20th to 21st place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 66.930 total points. Liu ranks 440th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 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

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