Nicky Kaufman (Edmonton, AB) finished 3-3 in the 30-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kaufman lost
7-4 to
Marla Sherrer (Lacombe, AB), then responded with a
6-5 win over
Meini Wang (Changchun, CHN). Kaufman went on to lose
7-5 against
Jennifer Clark-Rouire (Miami, MB). Kaufman responded with a
8-5 win over
Ma Yun Yan (Beijing, CHN). Kaufman won
9-3 against
Brett Barber (Biggar, SK) to advance to a C-Qualifier game where they lost
6-5 against
Sherry Anderson (Saskatoon, SK) in their final qualifying round match.
Kaufman earned
5.914 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 2 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 84th place overall with
46.687 total points. Kaufman ranks 97th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
21.315 points earned so far this season.
