Ben Mikkelsen (Thunder Bay, NO) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, failed to advance to the playoff round, losing in the tiebreaker round, Mikkelsen finished 7-8 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Mikkelsen defeated
Dylan Johnston (Thunder Bay, NO) 8-4, then went on to lose
7-4 against
Denis Malette (Thunder Bay, NO). Mikkelsen responded with a
7-3 win over
Al Hackner (Thunder Bay, NO). Mikkelsen went on to lose
6-5 against
Chris Silver (Thunder Bay, NO). Mikkelsen lost
5-2 to
Brian Adams Jr. (Thunder Bay, NO). Mikkelsen lost
5-3 to
Robyn Despins (Thunder Bay, NO). Mikkelsen lost
4-3 to
Krista McCarville (Thunder Bay, NO) where Mikkelsen responded with a
6-4 win over
Jodi Judd (Thunder Bay, NO). Mikkelsen won
7-0 against
Ron Rosengren (Thunder Bay, NO). Mikkelsen went on to lose
6-5 against
Trevor Bonot (Thunder Bay, NO). Mikkelsen responded with a
6-2 win over
Andrew Sinclair (Thunder Bay, NO). Mikkelsen went on to lose
6-5 against
Zach Warkentin (Thunder Bay, NO). Mikkelsen lost
6-4 to
Bryan Burgess (Thunder Bay, NO) where Mikkelsen responded with a
9-7 win over
Gary Weiss (Thunder Bay, NO). Mikkelsen won
5-3 against
Jackson Dubinsky (Thunder Bay, NO) in their final qualifying round match.
Mikkelsen earned
1.500 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 26 of the event schedule, Mikkelsen did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the
World Ranking Standings with
total points. Mikkelsen ranks th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
points earned so far this season.
