Ayumi Ogasawara (Sapporo, Hokkaido, JPN) finished 3-3 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ogasawara defeated
Ursi Hegner (Uzwil, SUI) 5-3, then won
4-3 against
Binia Feltscher (Flims, SUI). Ogasawara went on to lose
3-2 against
Anna Kubeskova (Prague, CZE). Ogasawara lost
7-4 to
Margaretha Sigfridsson (Skelleftea, SWE) where Ogasawara responded with a
5-4 win over
Silvana Tirinzoni (Zurich, SUI). Ogasawara went on to lose
7-3 against
Alina Paetz (Zurich, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.
Ogasawara earned
3.644 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, dropping 2 spots on the
World Ranking Standings into 23rd place overall with
176.593 total points. Ogasawara ranks 39th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
31.870 points earned so far this season.
