German Doronin (Moscow, RUS) finished 3-4 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Doronin defeated Oleg Krasikov (St. Petersburg, RUS) 8-1, then went on to lose 7-4 against Artem Shmakov (Novosibirsk, RUS). Doronin lost 5-3 to Andrey Iliin (Moscow, RUS). Doronin lost 6-4 to Alexey Timofeev (St. Petersburg, RUS). Doronin lost 9-3 to Alexander Eremin (Dmitrov, RUS) where Doronin responded with a 7-3 win over Gleb Lyasnikov (St. Petersburg, RUS). Doronin won 6-2 against Mikhail Samorukov (Chelyabinsk, RUS) in their final qualifying round match.
 
Doronin ranks 6th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.