Julia Portunova/Sergei Glukhov (Moscow, RUS) finished 1-4 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Portunova/Glukhov lost 7-6 to CLaudia Fischer/Christian Roth (Kitzbuhel, AUT), droppimg another game, 8-7 to Ursi Hegner/Felix Attinger (Uzwil, SUI) where Portunova/Glukhov responded with a 6-4 win over Marie Turmann/Harri Lill (Tallinn, EST). Portunova/Glukhov went on to lose 10-9 against Michele Jaeggi/Mario Freiberger (Bern, SUI). Portunova/Glukhov lost 9-7 to Rui Wang/De Xin Ba (Harbin, CHN) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 18 of the event schedule, Portunova/Glukhov did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Portunova/Glukhov ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.