Aleksandr Kirikov (Moscow, RUS) finished 2-2 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kirikov lost 6-4 to David Sik (Prague, CZE), then responded with a 3-2 win over Fredrik Nyman (Stockholm, SWE). Kirikov went on to lose 9-0 against Mikhail Vaskov (Dmitrov, RUS). Kirikov responded with a 9-3 win over Fabio Sola (Trentino, ITA) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 25 of the event schedule, Kirikov did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 346th to 347th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 3.218 total points. Kirikov ranks 337th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 3.190 points earned so far this season.