Andrey Drozdov (Moscow, RUS) finished 1-3 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Drozdov defeated Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN) 6-5, then went on to lose 6-2 against Jim Cotter (Vernon, BC). Drozdov lost 7-6 to Robert Schlender (Edmonton, AB). Drozdov lost 6-4 to Jeff Richard (Kelowna, BC) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 5 of the event schedule, Drozdov did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 72nd to 78th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 18.600 total points. Drozdov ranks 35th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 14.350 points earned so far this season.