Margaretha Sigfridsson (Sundbyberg , SWE) finished 3-3 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Sigfridsson defeated
Iveta Stasa-Sarsune (Riga, LAT) 8-4, then went on to lose
5-4 against
Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN). Sigfridsson lost
8-3 to
Diana Gaspari (Cortina d'Ampezzo, ITA) where Sigfridsson responded with a
8-4 win over
Anna Kubeskova (Prague, CZE). Sigfridsson won
6-4 against
Victoria Moiseeva (St. Petersburg, RUS). Sigfridsson went on to lose
7-6 against
Eve Muirhead (Perth , SCO) in their final qualifying round match.
Sigfridsson earned
2.950 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, dropping 1 spots on the
World Ranking Standings into 36th place overall with
139.245 total points. Sigfridsson ranks 52nd overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
19.621 points earned so far this season.
