Alina Kovaleva (Saint-Petersburg, RCF) finished 2-3 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kovaleva defeated Rachel Homan (Ottawa, ON) 7-4, then won 5-3 against Jennifer Jones (Winnipeg, MB). Kovaleva went on to lose 7-4 against Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN). Kovaleva lost 9-6 to Anna Hasselborg (Sundbyberg, SWE). Kovaleva lost 7-4 to Eve Muirhead (Stirling, SCO) in their final qualifying round match.
 
Kovaleva ranks 138th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.