Thomas Lovold (Oslo, NOR) finished 1-3 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Lovold lost 5-4 to Switzerland's Pascal Hess, droppimg another game, 6-4 to Switzerland's Dominik Maerki where Lovold responded with a 6-3 win over Mark Neeleman (Zoetemeer, NED). Lovold went on to lose 6-5 against Randy Ferbey (St. Johns, NL) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 1 of the event schedule, Lovold did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Lovold ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.