Anastasia Eksuzian/Nikita Ignatkov (Sochi, RUS) finished 2-3 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Eksuzian/Ignatkov lost 7-1 to Ildiko Szekeres/Gyeorgy Nagy (Budapest, HUN), droppimg another game, 10-3 to Jie Mei/Jingyuan Wang (Harbin, CHN) where Eksuzian/Ignatkov responded with a 7-6 win over Nina Polikarpova/Nikita Demidov (Irkutsk, RUS). Eksuzian/Ignatkov went on to lose 8-6 against Alina Biktimirova/Timur Gadzhikhanov (Moscow, RUS). Eksuzian/Ignatkov responded with a 9-8 win over Ekaterina Telnova/Artem Puzanov (Moscow, RUS) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 14 of the event schedule, Eksuzian/Ignatkov did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Eksuzian/Ignatkov ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.