Liu/Zou Reaches China Open Mixed Doubles Quarters

Beijing, China

Female
Sijia
Liu

Male
De Jia
Zou

Games:	6
Record:	2W - 4L
PF/G:	7.56
PA/G:	9.11
Hammer Efficiency:	0.29
Steal Defense:	0.29
Force Efficiency:	0.31
Steal Efficiency:	0.33

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

Liu/Zou finished 2-3 in the 12 team China Open Mixed Doubles qualifying round, held June 23 - 27 in , . 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 374 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 374thplace overall with 34.431 total points. Liu/Zou ranks 7th 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
2020	2	4	0	0.333	2-1	0-2	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2020	45	34	41	7.56	9.11	-1.56	5.11	4.89	1.48	1.86	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2020	21	22	7	0	0-0	1-0	5-1	1.05	0.33	0.29	0.29

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2020	24	12	34	0	0-0	0-7	4-4	0.50	1.42	0.31	0.33

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