Sanna Puustinen (Helsinki, FIN) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, failed to advance to the playoff round, losing in the tiebreaker round, Puustinen finished 2-3 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Puustinen lost 8-1 to Margaretha Sigfridsson (Harnosand, SWE), droppimg another game, 8-6 to Olga Zharkova (Kaliningrad, RUS) where Puustinen responded with a 6-4 win over Iveta Stasa-Sarsune (Jelgava, LAT). Puustinen won 6-4 against Jonna McManus (Gavle, SWE). Puustinen went on to lose 8-1 against Anna Sidorova (Moscow, RUS) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 6 of the event schedule, Puustinen did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 128th to 129th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 2.276 total points. Puustinen ranks 239th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.