Fritz Oswald (Urdorf, SUI) finished 0-3 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Oswald lost 7-3 to Andrey Drozdov (Moscow, RUS), droppimg another game, 8-6 to Christian Bangerter (Bern, SUI). Oswald lost 7-3 to Rolf Bruggmann (Uzwil, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 9 of the event schedule, Oswald did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 645th to 648th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 0.000 total points. Oswald ranks 488th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.