Konstantin Kurokhtin (Moscow, RUS) finished 5-1 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kurokhtin defeated Italy's Sandro Dal Farra 16-1, then won 11-2 against Italy's Maurizio Cagol and 6-4 against Yu Long Sun (Beijing, CHN). Kurokhtin won 6-4 against Italy's Gabriele Dallapiccola, then won 7-5 against Italy's Paolo Ioriatti. Kurokhtin went on to lose 7-1 against Shuai Yu Zhang (Beijing, CHN) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 8 of the event schedule, Kurokhtin did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Kurokhtin ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.