Chang Cao/Mingjie Yuan (Beijing, CHN) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, failed to advance to the playoff round, losing in the tiebreaker round, Cao/Yuan finished 1-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Cao/Yuan lost 7-3 to Daniela Rupp/Kevin Wunderlin (Zug, SUI), then responded with a 8-7 win over Asta Vaicekonyte/Povilas Cepulis (Vilnius, LTU). Cao/Yuan went on to lose 8-7 against Tatsiana Tarsunova/Ilya Shalamitski (Minsk, BLR) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 34 of the event schedule, Cao/Yuan did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Cao/Yuan ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.