Junpei Kanda (Tokyo, JPN) finished 0-4 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kanda lost 6-5 to Jason Gunnlaugson (Winnipeg, MB), droppimg another game, 6-0 to Yuta Matsumura (Kitami, JPN). Kanda lost 5-3 to SooHyuk Kim (Seoul, KOR). Kanda lost 9-1 to Qiang Zou (Beijing, CHN) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 2 of the event schedule, Kanda did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 172nd place on the World Ranking Standings with 14.165 total points. Kanda ranks 408th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.