Dong/Ma Reaches Curling Stadium Martensville Mixed Doubles Semifinals

Ziqi Dong/Xiu Yue Ma (Beijing, CHN) run at the Curling Stadium Martensville Mixed Doubles came to an end in the semifinals with a 9-8 loss to Tori Koana/Go Aoki (Karuizawa, JPN). of the Curling Stadium Martensville Mixed Doubles in Martensville, Saskatchewan, Canada; Dong/Ma advanced through the quarterfinals with a 8-0 win over Chiaki Matsumura/Yasumasa Tanida (Nagano, JPN). of the Curling Stadium Martensville Mixed Doubles in Martensville, Saskatchewan, Canada;

Dong/Ma finished 3-1 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Dong/Ma defeated Cheryl Damen/Tyler van Amsterdam (Calgary, AB) 9-0, then went on to lose 7-4 against Amanda Kuzyk/Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK). Dong/Ma responded with a 12-4 win over Vanessa Williams/Tom Straub (Nashville, TN). Dong/Ma won 8-3 against Regan Birr/Todd Birr (Blaine, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

Dong/Ma earned 10.625 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Curling Stadium Martensville Mixed Doubles, remaining in 806th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 10.626 after improving upon their best so far this season. Dong/Ma ranks 46th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 10.626 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	15	7	0	0.682	5-0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	155	166	103	10.71	6.65	4.06	5.94	4.00	1.80	1.66	0.06

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	70	102	27	1	5-1	11-0	13-5	1.46	0.39	0.42	0.27

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	85	64	76	0	1-2	3-7	13-13	0.75	0.89	0.49	0.49

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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