David Murdoch (Stirling, SCO) finished 1-3 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Murdoch lost 5-4 to Alexander Attinger (Dubendorf, SUI), then responded with a 6-4 win over Jiri Snitil (Praha, CZE). Murdoch went on to lose 7-5 against Pascal Hess (Zug, SUI). Murdoch lost 7-3 to Evgeniy Arkhipov (Moscow, RUS) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 3 of the event schedule, Murdoch did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 23rd place on the World Ranking Standings with 58.663 total points. Murdoch ranks 438th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.