Rui Wang/De Xin Ba (Harbin, CHN) finished 2-2 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Wang/Ba lost 7-6 to Melanie Barbezat/Matthias Perret (Biel, SUI), then responded with a 10-1 win over Stephanie Wild/Daniel Gubler (Aarau, SUI). Wang/Ba went on to lose 8-4 against Anastasia Moskaleva/Alexander Eremin (Moscow, RUS). Wang/Ba responded with a 5-4 win over Sandrine Morand/Romain Borini (Megeve, FRA) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 19 of the event schedule, Wang/Ba did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Wang/Ba ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.