Alina Kovaleva (Saint-Petersburg , RUS) finished 3-3 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kovaleva defeated
Amber Holland (Regina, SK) 10-2, then went on to lose
8-2 against
Jennifer Jones (Winnipeg, MB). Kovaleva responded with a
6-4 win over
Kristen Streifel (Swift Current , SK). Kovaleva won
6-4 against
Sherry Anderson (Saskatoon, SK). Kovaleva went on to lose
5-4 against
Tracy Fleury (East St. Paul, MB). Kovaleva lost
7-2 to
Robyn Silvernagle (North Battleford, SK) in their final qualifying round match.
Kovaleva earned
10.991 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 12 of the event schedule, Kovaleva did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 23rd to 24th place overall on the
World Ranking Standings with
200.050 total points. Kovaleva ranks 15th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
75.534 points earned so far this season.
