Liu Reaches 2014 German Masters Semifinals

Harbin, China

SKIP
Rui
Liu

Third
Jia Liang
Zang

Second
Xiao Ming
Xu

Lead
De Xin
Ba

Games:	6
Record:	5W - 1L
PF/G:	8.04
PA/G:	6.52
Hammer Efficiency:	0.36
Steal Defense:	0.20
Force Efficiency:	0.54
Steal Efficiency:	0.33

Rui Liu (Harbin, CHN) run at the 2014 German Masters came to an end in the semifinals with a 5-3 loss to Peter de Cruz (Geneva, SUI). of the 2014 German Masters in Hamburg, Germany; Liu advanced through the quarterfinals with a 8-7 win over Logan Gray (Stirling, SCO). of the 2014 German Masters in Hamburg, Germany;

Liu finished 4-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Liu defeated Konstantin Kampf (Fuessen, GER) 9-5, then won 5-4 against de Cruz and 4-3 against Brady Clark (Lynnwood, WA). Liu won 8-6 against Rasmus Stjerne (Hvidovre, DEN) in their final qualifying round match.

Liu earned 8.200 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the German Masters, moving up 1 spots the World Ranking Standings into 14th place overall with 152.035 total points. Liu ranks 12th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 85.105 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

2017: Steffen Walstad
Oslo, NOR
2016: David Murdoch
Stirling, SCO
2015: Brendan Bottcher
Edmonton, AB
2014: Sven Michel
Adelboden, SUI

Bottcher Out!

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong, Hardline Curling) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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