Andrey Drozdov (Moscow, RUS) finished 2-3 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Drozdov lost 7-3 to Mark Kean (Toronto, ON), then responded with a 8-7 win over Steen Sigurdson (Winnipeg, MB). Drozdov went on to lose 6-2 against Rob Fowler (Brandon, MB). Drozdov responded with a 8-5 win over Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL). Drozdov went on to lose 5-4 against Sean Grassie (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 10 of the event schedule, Drozdov did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 49th place on the World Ranking Standings with 27.325 total points. Drozdov ranks 36th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 14.995 points earned so far this season.