Ma Reaches 2018 1000 Islands Gananoque Open Cash Spiel Quarters

SKIP
Xiu Yue
Ma

Third
Dongxu
Jiang

Second
Zhi
Ling

Lead
Jingyuan
Wang

Xiu Yue Ma (Changchun, CHN) qualified for the 2018 1000 Islands Gananoque Open Cash Spiel playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 11-3 against Greg Balsdon (Toronto, ON). of the 2018 1000 Islands Gananoque Open Cash Spiel in Gananoque, Ontario, Canada;

Ma finished 2-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ma defeated Jeffrey Stewart (Montreal, QC) 6-5, then won 10-4 against Scott McDonald (Kingston, ON). Ma went on to lose 6-5 against Doug Kee (Ottawa, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

Ma earned 8.601 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the 1000 Islands Gananoque Open Cash Spiel, moving up 5 spots the World Ranking Standings into 62nd place overall with 74.098 total points. Ma ranks 59th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 44.904 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

2019: Matthew Hall
Matthew Hall, Alex Champ, Terry Arnold, Scott Clinton
Kitchener, ON
2018: Jia Liang Zang
Jia Liang Zang, De Xin Ba, Yanlong Ma, Jin Bo Wang
Harbin, CHN
2006: Greg Richardson
Greg Richardson, Daryl Smith, Paul Winford, Mike Potter
Ottawa, ON
2005: Steve Allen
Steve Allen, Gary Harris, Rick Allen, Dave Draper
, QC

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