Alina Biktimirova/Timur Gadzhikhanov (Moscow, RUS) is set to play Therese Westman/Robin Ahlberg (Stockholm, SWE) in the Final of the Gothenburg Mixed Doubles Cup, held December 28 - 30, 2018 in Gothenburg, Sweden. To advance to the championship game, Biktimirova/Gadzhikhanov won 7-4 over Martine Ronning/Mathias Braenden (Trondheim, NOR) in the semifinals of the 2018 Gothenburg Mixed Doubles Cup in Gothenburg, Sweden; and won 10-2 over Malin Wendel/Fabian Wingfors (Goteborg, SWE) in the quarterfinals. of the 2018 Gothenburg Mixed Doubles Cup in Gothenburg, Sweden;
 
Biktimirova/Gadzhikhanov finished 4-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Biktimirova/Gadzhikhanov defeated Dessi Osbjer/Jacob Hanna (Stockholm, SWE) 10-3, then won 11-3 against Mintaute Jurkute/Paulius Rymeikis (Vilnius, LTU) and 9-2 against Cecilia Fransson/Gustav Koehn (Gavle, SWE). Biktimirova/Gadzhikhanov won 9-2 against Natalie Wiksten/Kasper Wiksten (Hvidovre, DEN) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 20 of the event schedule, Biktimirova/Gadzhikhanov did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Biktimirova/Gadzhikhanov ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.