Ayumi Ogasawara (Sapporo, JPN) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, failed to advance to the playoff round, losing in the tiebreaker round, Ogasawara finished 3-2 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ogasawara defeated
Sherry Anderson (Saskatoon, SK) 8-2, then went on to lose
6-3 against
Val Sweeting (Edmonton, AB). Ogasawara lost
10-3 to
Nicky Kaufman (Edmonton, AB) where Ogasawara responded with a
7-2 win over
Kelsey Rocque (Edmonton, AB). Ogasawara won
4-3 against
Nadine Scotland (Calgary, AB) in their final qualifying round match.
Ogasawara earned
4.761 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, dropping 1 spots on the
World Ranking Standings into 36th place overall with
124.988 total points. Ogasawara ranks 22nd overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
31.746 points earned so far this season.
