Shinobu Aota (Kariuzawa, JPN) finished 3-3 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Aota defeated Nadine Chyz (Calgary, AB) 6-5, then won 5-4 against Liudmilla Privivkova (Moscow, RUS). Aota went on to lose 4-0 against Korea's Ji-Sun Kim. Aota lost 5-2 to Bingyu Wang (Harbin, CHN) where Aota responded with a 8-1 win over Tiffany Steuber (Edmonton, AB). Aota went on to lose 6-5 against Diane Foster (Calgary, AB) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 9 of the event schedule, Aota did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 65th to 67th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 14.950 total points. Aota ranks 291st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.