CHAMPION: Yang/Tian Wins HARDLINE Sherbrooke Mixed Doubles

Ying Yang/Jiafeng Tian (Beijing, CHN) won 6-4 over Yu Han/Qiang Zou (Beijing, CHN) in the Final of the HARDLINE Sherbrooke Mixed Doubles, held November 17 - 19, 2023 at the Sherbooke Curling Club in Sherbrooke, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Yang/Tian won 9-3 over Ziqi Dong/Xiu Yue Ma (Beijing, CHN) in the semifinals of the HARDLINE Sherbrooke Mixed Doubles in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada;

Yang/Tian finished 3-0 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Yang/Tian defeated Lauren Cheal/Greg Cheal (Sherbrooke, QC) 7-5, then won 9-4 against Cassandra Roy/Justin Roy (Terrebone, QC) and 9-3 against Marie-Pier Lequin/Simon Morissette (SHERBROOKE, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the HARDLINE Sherbrooke Mixed Doubles Championship title, Yang/Tian earned 15.000 world rankings points along with the $2,000CDN first prize cheque. Yang/Tian move up 200 spots after posting a net gain of 16.5 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 94th overall with 18.376 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Yang/Tian ranks 38th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 18.376 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	20	9	0	0.690	2-0	3-1	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	203	209	128	10.30	6.31	3.99	5.96	3.94	1.73	1.60	0.10

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	87	123	26	0	6-0	11-0	16-6	1.41	0.30	0.38	0.23

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	116	86	102	2	2-3	6-8	14-17	0.74	0.88	0.53	0.47

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