Lene Nielsen (Hvidovre, DEN) finished 2-3 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Nielsen lost 8-4 to Michele Jaggi (Bern, SUI), then responded with a 5-4 win over Heather Jensen (Calgary, AB). Nielsen won 6-4 against Casey Scheidegger (Lethbridge, AB). Nielsen went on to lose 7-5 against Valerie Sweeting (Edmonton, AB). Nielsen lost 6-5 to Cheryl Bernard (Calgary, AB) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 9 of the event schedule, Nielsen did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 25th place on the World Ranking Standings with 64.930 total points. Nielsen ranks 85th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 1.500 points earned so far this season.