Yan/Kuo Reaches 2020 Stu Sells Toronto Cricket Mixed Doubles Cashspiel Quarters

Hui Yan/Cheng Kuo (Beijing, CHN) qualified for the 2020 Stu Sells Toronto Cricket Mixed Doubles Cashspiel playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 9-0 against Marie-Elaine Little/Brett Lyon-Hatcher (Ottawa, ON). of the 2020 Stu Sells Toronto Cricket Mixed Doubles Cashspiel in Toronto, Ontario;

Yan/Kuo finished 5-2 in the 29-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Yan/Kuo defeated Ling-Yue Hung/Jason Chang (Hong Kong , HKG) 8-6, then went on to lose 11-1 against Katie Cottrill/Shawn Cottrill (Wingham, ON). Yan/Kuo responded with a 8-4 win over Heather Carr Olmstead/Chris Wai (Toronto, ON). Yan/Kuo won 7-5 against Tahli Gill/Dean Hewitt (Brisbane, AUS), then won 7-6 against Yu Bai/Weiwei Xu (Beijing, CHN). Yan/Kuo went on to lose 8-5 against Chenyi Wang/Kyler Kleibrink (CHN/CAN, www) to drop into a C-Qualifier game where they responded with a 8-5 win over Suyuan Fan/Jiawen Nan (Beijing, CHN) to advance to the playoff round. in their final qualifying round match.

Yan/Kuo earned 14.612 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Stu Sells Toronto Cricket Mixed Doubles Cashspiel, remaining in 668th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 55.756 total points. Yan/Kuo ranks 31st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 55.756 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

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

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