Liu/Zou Reaches 2019 China Open Mixed Doubles Quarters

Sijia Liu/De Jia Zou (Beijing, CHN) qualified for the 2019 China Open Mixed Doubles playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 8-5 against Marie Turmann/Harri Lill (Tallinn, EST). of the 2019 China Open Mixed Doubles in Hebei, China;

Liu/Zou finished 2-3 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Liu/Zou defeated Zuzana Paulova/Tomas Paul (Prague, CZE) 7-2, then went on to lose 9-4 against Jenny Perret/Martin Rios (Bern, SUI). Liu/Zou lost 7-2 to Angela Romei/Joel Retornaz (Pinerolo, ITA) where Liu/Zou responded with a 10-6 win over Oona Kauste/Aku Kauste (Hyvinkaa, FIN). Liu/Zou went on to lose 9-6 against Sarah Anderson/Korey Dropkin (Minneapolis, USA) in their final qualifying round match.

Liu/Zou earned 5.529 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. Liu/Zou gained 34.431 points improving upon their best 2 events, though dropped 667 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 667thplace overall with 34.431 total points. Liu/Zou ranks 9th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 5.528 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

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