Kirill Surovov (Dmitrov, RUS) finished 4-3 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Surovov lost 4-2 to Alexander Orlov (St. Petersburg, RUS), then responded with a 7-5 win over Vadim Raev (Moscow, RUS). Surovov went on to lose 7-6 against Sergei Glukhov (Sochi, RUS). Surovov lost 4-2 to Mikhail Vlasenko (Irkutsk, RUS) where Surovov responded with a 8-1 win over Aleksandr Kirikov (Moscow, RUS). Surovov won 9-3 against Georgy Epremyan (Moscow, RUS), then won 9-4 against Vasiliy Groshev (Krasnoyarsk, RUS) in their final qualifying round match.
 
Surovov ranks 18th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.