Anastasia Khalanskaia/Panteleimon Lappo (St. Petersburg, RUS) finished 2-3 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Khalanskaia/Lappo defeated Lidia Sanchirova/Evgeny Sokolov (Novosibirsk, RUS) 9-6, then went on to lose 8-3 against Daria Morozova/Alexey Tuzov (Dmitrov, RUS). Khalanskaia/Lappo lost 8-4 to Alina Biktimirova/Timur Gadzhikhanov (Moscow, RUS) where Khalanskaia/Lappo responded with a 10-6 win over Irina Poletaeva/Egor Volkov (Sochi, RUS). Khalanskaia/Lappo went on to lose 9-6 against Zuzana Paulova/Tomas Paul (Prague, CZE) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 29 of the event schedule, Khalanskaia/Lappo did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Khalanskaia/Lappo ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.