Richa Patel/P.N. Raju (Hyderabad, IN) finished 1-3 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Patel/Raju lost 10-4 to Agate Regza/Ansis Regza (Riga, LAT), droppimg another game, 11-1 to Paulina Hajduk/Jan Horacek (Bratislava, SVK). Patel/Raju lost 9-7 to Agnieska Konkol/Piotr Zalewski (Lodz, POL) where Patel/Raju responded with a 8-7 win over Iluta Linde/Janis Redlihs (Riga, LAT) in their final qualifying round match.
 
Patel/Raju earned 0.188 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 36 of the event schedule, Patel/Raju did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Patel/Raju ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.