David Murdoch (Stirling, SCO) finished 2-3 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Murdoch lost 6-4 to Michael Fournier (Montreal, QC), then responded with a 5-4 win over Christopher Plys (Blaine, USA). Murdoch won 7-1 against J.P. Lachance (Ottawa, ON). Murdoch went on to lose 5-4 against Adam Casey (Charlottetown, PEI). Murdoch lost 11-8 to Sven Michel (Adelboden, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 9 of the event schedule, Murdoch did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 9th place on the World Ranking Standings with 162.849 total points. Murdoch ranks 9th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 49.159 points earned so far this season.