2018 China Open (curling)

2018 China Open
Host cityChongqing, China
DatesOctober 16–22
Men's winnerRussia Team Glukhov
Curling clubIce Cube CC, Sochi, Russia
SkipSergey Glukhov
ThirdArtur Ali
SecondDmitry Mironov
LeadAnton Kalalb
FinalistCanada Brad Gushue
Women's winnerRussia Team Kovaleva
Curling clubAdamant CC, Saint Petersburg, Russia
SkipAlina Kovaleva
ThirdAnastasia Bryzgalova
SecondUliana Vasilyeva
LeadEkaterina Kuzmina
AlternateGalina Arsenkina
FinalistSwitzerland Ursi Hegner
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The 2018 China Open was held from October 16 to 22 in Chongqing, China.[1] It was the second edition of the event which was first held in 2013. The winning team on both sides received $50,000 of the total $200,000 (US).[2][3]

In both the men's and women's events, the Russian teams came out victorious. In the men's final, Sergey Glukhov won 9–8 over Canada's Brad Gushue while in the women's, Alina Kovaleva won 6–4 over Switzerland's Ursi Hegner, both in extra ends.[4]

Through the round robin stage, both the Gushue and Glukhov rinks posted 6–1 records, however, the Canadian team received first place due to their head-to-head victory over the Russian team. Sweden's Fredrik Nyman as well as Norway's Thomas Ulsrud both also qualified for the playoff stage with 5–2 records each. In the semifinals, Team Gushue won 5–2 over the Nyman rink who they had previously lost to in the round robin. Russia's Glukhov also got one in the eighth end to knock off Norway's Ulsrud 4–3 in the other semifinal. In the high scoring final, the Russian side stole a single in the seventh end before the Canadian team got two in the eighth to tie the game. In the extra, Sergey Glukhov counted one to ensure the victory for his team. The lineup also includes Artur Ali, Dmitry Mironov and Anton Kalalb. Norway's Ulsrud rink won the bronze medal game by defeating the Nyman rink 8–2. The men's field was rounded out by teams from South Korea, Switzerland, China and the United States.[5]

The women's division was not the same narrative, with the Russian women's team of Alina Kovaleva, Anastasia Bryzgalova, Uliana Vasilyeva, Ekaterina Kuzmina and Galina Arsenkina going 7–0 through the round robin. The three other qualifiers all had 4–3 records, Switzerland's Hegner, Canada's Jennifer Jones and China's Mei Jie. The Russian rink continued their dominance in the semifinal with a 5–3 win over the Chinese Mei team, while Hegner bounced Canada's Team Jones by a score of 8–3. In the final, Team Hegner were forced to a single in the eighth end to send a game to an extra end. It was there where the Russian team sealed the victory and the second annual China Open cup. Canada's Jones took home the third place title with a triumphant 10–3 final over China's Mei. Denmark, Scotland, Germany and the United States rounded out the women's field of the 2018 event.[5]

Men

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:[6]

Skip Third Second Lead Locale
Sergey GlukhovArtur AliDmitry MironovAnton KalalbRussia Sochi, Russia
Brad GushueMark NicholsBrett GallantGeoff WalkerCanada St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Kim Soo-hyukJeong Byeong-jinLee Jeong-jaeLee Dong-hyungSouth Korea Seoul, South Korea
Lucien LottenbachRainer KoblerPatrick AbächerliTom WinkelhausenSwitzerland Luzern, Switzerland
Ma XiuyueJiang DongxuLing ZhiWang JingyuanChina Beijing, China
Kroy NernbergerSean BeightonAlex LeichterDerrick McLeanUnited States Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Fredrik NymanAxel SjöbergMax BäckVictor MartinssonSweden Stockholm, Sweden
Thomas UlsrudTorger NergårdChristoffer SvaeHåvard Vad PeterssonNorway Oslo, Norway

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Team W L W–L PF PA EW EL BE SE
Canada Brad Gushue611–05328241938
Russia Sergey Glukhov610–13932262239
Norway Thomas Ulsrud521–041232519211
Sweden Fredrik Nyman520–142272721311
South Korea Kim Soo-hyuk34–3547222505
Switzerland Lucien Lottenbach161–13044222626
China Ma Xiuyue161–12143172624
United States Kroy Nernberger161–12643202545

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in China Standard Time (UTC+08:00).[7]

Draw 1

Tuesday, October 16, 9:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Norway Thomas Ulsrud 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 1
Russia Sergey Glukhov 🔨 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 X 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
China Ma Xiuyue 🔨 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 X 2
Switzerland Lucien Lottenbach 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 X 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Canada Brad Gushue 🔨 0 2 3 0 4 0 0 X 9
South Korea Kim Soo-hyuk 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 X 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
United States Kroy Nernberger 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 X 3
Sweden Fredrik Nyman 🔨 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 X 6

Draw 2

Tuesday, October 16, 5:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
South Korea Kim Soo-hyuk 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 X 3
Sweden Fredrik Nyman 🔨 0 3 0 1 1 1 2 X 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Canada Brad Gushue 🔨 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 3 7
United States Kroy Nernberger 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
Russia Sergey Glukhov 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 7
Switzerland Lucien Lottenbach 🔨 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Norway Thomas Ulsrud 🔨 0 2 2 1 3 1 X X 9
China Ma Xiuyue 2 0 0 0 0 0 X X 2

Draw 3

Wednesday, October 17, 1:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Canada Brad Gushue 0 4 0 4 4 0 X X 12
Switzerland Lucien Lottenbach 🔨 2 0 1 0 0 1 X X 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Norway Thomas Ulsrud 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 8
Sweden Fredrik Nyman 🔨 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
United States Kroy Nernberger 🔨 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 X 3
China Ma Xiuyue 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 X 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Russia Sergey Glukhov 🔨 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 6
South Korea Kim Soo-hyuk 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4

Draw 4

Thursday, October 18, 9:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
China Ma Xiuyue 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 X 4
South Korea Kim Soo-hyuk 🔨 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 X 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
United States Kroy Nernberger 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X 3
Russia Sergey Glukhov 🔨 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 X 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Norway Thomas Ulsrud 🔨 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 X 3
Canada Brad Gushue 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 X 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Sweden Fredrik Nyman 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 5
Switzerland Lucien Lottenbach 🔨 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2

Draw 5

Thursday, October 18, 5:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
United States Kroy Nernberger 0 1 0 0 1 0 X X 2
Norway Thomas Ulsrud 🔨 1 0 3 0 0 3 X X 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Switzerland Lucien Lottenbach 🔨 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 6
South Korea Kim Soo-hyuk 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
China Ma Xiuyue 0 0 0 1 0 1 X X 2
Sweden Fredrik Nyman 🔨 2 2 2 0 1 0 X X 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Canada Brad Gushue 0 2 3 0 2 3 X X 10
Russia Sergey Glukhov 🔨 2 0 0 1 0 0 X X 3

Draw 6

Friday, October 19, 1:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Russia Sergey Glukhov 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 6
China Ma Xiuyue 🔨 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Sweden Fredrik Nyman 0 1 0 2 1 0 4 X 8
Canada Brad Gushue 🔨 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Switzerland Lucien Lottenbach 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 X 3
Norway Thomas Ulsrud 🔨 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 X 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
South Korea Kim Soo-hyuk 🔨 2 0 0 5 1 0 0 1 9
United States Kroy Nernberger 0 2 1 0 0 3 1 0 7

Draw 7

Saturday, October 20, 9:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Switzerland Lucien Lottenbach 🔨 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 4
United States Kroy Nernberger 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
South Korea Kim Soo-hyuk 0 0 0 1 0 1 X X 2
Norway Thomas Ulsrud 🔨 2 2 1 0 2 0 X X 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
Sweden Fredrik Nyman 🔨 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 5
Russia Sergey Glukhov 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
China Ma Xiuyue 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 X 3
Canada Brad Gushue 🔨 0 2 1 0 1 0 3 X 7

Playoffs

Source:[8]

Semifinals Final
      
1 Canada Brad Gushue 5
4 Sweden Fredrik Nyman 2
1 Canada Brad Gushue 8
2 Russia Sergey Glukhov 9
2 Russia Sergey Glukhov 4
3 Norway Thomas Ulsrud 3
Bronze medal game
   
4 Sweden Fredrik Nyman 2
3 Norway Thomas Ulsrud 8

Semifinals

Sunday, October 21, 1:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Canada Brad Gushue 🔨 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 5
Sweden Fredrik Nyman 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Russia Sergey Glukhov 🔨 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 4
Norway Thomas Ulsrud 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3

Bronze medal game

Monday, October 22, 9:00 am

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Sweden Fredrik Nyman 0 0 0 0 2 0 X X 2
Norway Thomas Ulsrud 🔨 0 1 2 4 0 1 X X 8

Final

Monday, October 22, 9:00 am

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
Canada Brad Gushue 🔨 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 8
Russia Sergey Glukhov 0 2 0 3 0 2 1 0 1 9

Women

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:[9]

Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Locale
Annmarie DubbersteinCora FarrellJenna BurcheskyAllison HowellUnited States Chaska, Minnesota, United States
Madeleine DupontDenise DupontJulie HøghMathilde HalseDenmark Hvidovre, Denmark
Michèle Jäggi (Fourth)Ursi Hegner (Skip)Nina LedergerberClaudia BaumannSwitzerland Uzwil, Switzerland
Sophie JacksonNaomi BrownMili SmithSophie SinclairScotland Stirling, Scotland
Daniela JentschEmira AbbesAnalena JentschKlara-Hermine FommGermany Füssen, Germany
Jennifer JonesKaitlyn LawesJocelyn PetermanJill Officer[a]Canada Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Alina KovalevaAnastasia BryzgalovaUliana VasilyevaEkaterina KuzminaGalina ArsenkinaRussia Saint Petersburg, Russia
Mei JieWang RuiYao MingyueMa JingyiChina Beijing, China

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Team W L W–L PF PA EW EL BE SE
Russia Alina Kovaleva70–4623281639
Switzerland Ursi Hegner432–04231262319
Canada Jennifer Jones431–142392625010
China Mei Jie430–24533232248
Denmark Madeleine Dupont341–04446272529
Scotland Sophie Jackson340–13335212436
Germany Daniela Jentsch25–3351212733
United States Annmarie Dubberstein16–2249172743

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in China Standard Time (UTC+08:00).[11]

Draw 1

Tuesday, October 16, 1:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
United States Annmarie Dubberstein 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X 2
Switzerland Ursi Hegner 🔨 3 0 1 0 2 2 X X 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Germany Daniela Jentsch 🔨 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 X 3
Scotland Sophie Jackson 0 2 1 0 0 4 0 X 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
China Mei Jie 🔨 0 4 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 9
Denmark Madeleine Dupont 2 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Canada Jennifer Jones 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 X 3
Russia Alina Kovaleva 🔨 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 X 9

Draw 2

Wednesday, October 17, 9:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Denmark Madeleine Dupont 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 X 4
Russia Alina Kovaleva 🔨 0 3 0 3 0 2 0 X 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
China Mei Jie 🔨 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 5
Canada Jennifer Jones 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Switzerland Ursi Hegner 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 5
Scotland Sophie Jackson 🔨 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 1 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
United States Annmarie Dubberstein 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 5
Germany Daniela Jentsch 🔨 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4

Draw 3

Wednesday, October 17, 5:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
China Mei Jie 🔨 0 0 2 4 0 1 X X 7
Scotland Sophie Jackson 0 1 0 0 1 0 X X 2
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
United States Annmarie Dubberstein 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3
Russia Alina Kovaleva 🔨 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Canada Jennifer Jones 0 0 2 4 1 0 0 4 11
Germany Daniela Jentsch 🔨 0 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Switzerland Ursi Hegner 🔨 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 7
Denmark Madeleine Dupont 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 5

Draw 4

Thursday, October 18, 1:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Germany Daniela Jentsch 🔨 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 7
Denmark Madeleine Dupont 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Canada Jennifer Jones 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 4
Switzerland Ursi Hegner 🔨 1 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
United States Annmarie Dubberstein 🔨 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X 2
China Mei Jie 5 0 1 0 2 3 X X 11
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Russia Alina Kovaleva 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 5
Scotland Sophie Jackson 🔨 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3

Draw 5

Friday, October 19, 9:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Canada Jennifer Jones 🔨 1 2 2 1 3 0 X X 9
United States Annmarie Dubberstein 0 0 0 0 0 1 X X 1
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
Scotland Sophie Jackson 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 5
Denmark Madeleine Dupont 🔨 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 2 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Germany Daniela Jentsch 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 X 4
Russia Alina Kovaleva 🔨 2 0 2 0 3 0 1 X 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
China Mei Jie 0 0 1 1 0 0 X X 2
Switzerland Ursi Hegner 🔨 1 2 0 0 2 2 X X 7

Draw 6

Friday, October 19, 5:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
Switzerland Ursi Hegner 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 5
Germany Daniela Jentsch 🔨 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Russia Alina Kovaleva 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 X 6
China Mei Jie 🔨 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 2
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Scotland Sophie Jackson 🔨 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 X 5
United States Annmarie Dubberstein 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 3
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Denmark Madeleine Dupont 🔨 1 1 0 3 0 2 0 1 8
Canada Jennifer Jones 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 4

Draw 7

Saturday, October 20, 1:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Scotland Sophie Jackson 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 4
Canada Jennifer Jones 🔨 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Denmark Madeleine Dupont 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 2 7
United States Annmarie Dubberstein 🔨 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Russia Alina Kovaleva 🔨 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 X 5
Switzerland Ursi Hegner 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 X 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Germany Daniela Jentsch 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 X 3
China Mei Jie 🔨 0 2 2 0 2 0 3 X 9

Playoffs

Source:[12]

Semifinals Final
      
1 Russia Alina Kovaleva 5
4 China Mei Jie 3
1 Russia Alina Kovaleva 6
2 Switzerland Ursi Hegner 4
2 Switzerland Ursi Hegner 8
3 Canada Jennifer Jones 3
Bronze medal game
   
4 China Mei Jie 3
3 Canada Jennifer Jones 10

Semifinals

Sunday, October 21, 5:00 pm

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Russia Alina Kovaleva 🔨 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 5
China Mei Jie 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Switzerland Ursi Hegner 🔨 1 1 3 0 1 0 2 X 8
Canada Jennifer Jones 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 X 3

Bronze medal game

Monday, October 22, 1:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
China Mei Jie 0 0 1 0 0 2 X X 3
Canada Jennifer Jones 🔨 4 1 0 2 3 0 X X 10

Final

Monday, October 22, 1:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
Russia Alina Kovaleva 🔨 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 6
Switzerland Ursi Hegner 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 4

Notes

  1. ↑ Officer spared for Dawn McEwen.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "China Open Curling 2018 opens in Chongquin". CoNews. October 16, 2018. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Men's Event". CurlingZone. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Women's Event". CurlingZone. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
  4. ↑ "2018 China Open Curling ends successfully with Russia taking home both men and women's championships". Cision. October 26, 2018. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
  5. 1 2 Jonathan Brazeau (October 16, 2018). "Eight Ends: Gushue, Jones take on the world at China Open". Sportsnet. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Men's Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Men's Scores". CurlingZone. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Men's Playoffs". CurlingZone. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
  9. ↑ "Women's Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
  10. ↑ Jonathan Brazeau (22 October 2018). "Eight Ends: Ultimate guide to Canadian Beef Masters". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  11. ↑ "Women's Scores". CurlingZone. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
  12. ↑ "Women's Playoffs". CurlingZone. Retrieved July 11, 2022.