Michelle Montford (Winnipeg, MB) finished 4-3 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Montford defeated
Robyn Silvernagle (North Battleford, SK) 7-3, then went on to lose
7-5 against
Michele Jaeggi (Bern, SUI). Montford responded with a
6-3 win over
Alina Paetz (Zurich, SUI). Montford went on to lose
6-0 against
Erika Brown (Madison, WI). Montford responded with a
11-2 win over
Mandy Selzer (Balgonie, SK). Montford won
4-3 against
Amy Gibson (Vancouver, BC). Montford went on to lose
6-0 against
Jaeggi in their final qualifying round match.
Montford earned
4.718 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, dropping 3 spots on the
World Ranking Standings into 31st place overall with
128.811 total points. Montford ranks 26th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
60.395 points earned so far this season.
