Meng Xu/Cheng Kuo (Harbin, CHN) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, failed to advance to the playoff round, losing in the tiebreaker round, Xu/Kuo finished 0-3 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Xu/Kuo lost 8-7 to Kimberly Tuck/Wayne Tuck Jr. (Strathroy, ON), droppimg another game, 10-5 to Heather Nedohin/David Nedohin (Sherwood Park, AB). Xu/Kuo lost 11-8 to Saskatchewan's Marliese Kasner/Dustin Kalthoff in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 9 of the event schedule, Xu/Kuo did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Xu/Kuo ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.