Nathalie Gagnon/Francois Gionest (Kenogami, QC) needed tiebreakers to advance to the playoffs, failed to advance to the playoff round, losing in the tiebreaker round, Gagnon/Gionest finished 1-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gagnon/Gionest lost
1-0 to
Marie-Claude Hebert/Simon Hebert (Valleyfield, QC), droppimg another game,
1-0 to
Quebec's Marianne Brassard/Philippe Brassard where Gagnon/Gionest responded with a
12-1 win over
Melianne Darveau/Justin Lapointe (Quebec, QC) in their final qualifying round match.
Gagnon/Gionest earned
2.648 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, remaining in 668th place overall on the
World Ranking Standings with
2.648 total points. Gagnon/Gionest ranks 186th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
2.648 points earned so far this season.
