Tatsiana Tarsunova/Ilya Shalamitski (Minsk, BLR) finished 1-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Tarsunova/Shalamitski lost 11-10 to Asta Vaicekonyte/Povilas Cepulis (Vilnius, LTU), droppimg another game, 10-6 to Daniela Rupp/Kevin Wunderlin (Zug, SUI) where Tarsunova/Shalamitski responded with a 8-7 win over Chang Cao/Mingjie Yuan (Beijing, CHN) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 34 of the event schedule, Tarsunova/Shalamitski did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Tarsunova/Shalamitski ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.