Shiori Makino/Kouki Ogiwara (Nagano, JPN) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, Makino/Ogiwara finished 0-2 in the 6-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Makino/Ogiwara lost 9-5 to Di Zhang/Guang Xu Li (Harbin, CHN), droppimg another game, 7-2 to Anastasia Moskaleva/Alexander Eremin (Moscow, RUS) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 7 of the event schedule, Makino/Ogiwara did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 668th place on the World Ranking Standings with 0.000 total points. Makino/Ogiwara ranks 561st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.