Peter De Cruz (Geneve, SUI) finished 5-4 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, De Cruz lost
7-6 to
Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE), droppimg another game,
7-6 to
Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA) where De Cruz responded with a
9-3 win over
Jaap van Dorp (Zoetermeer, NED). De Cruz went on to lose
8-4 against
Bruce Mouat (Stirling, SCO). De Cruz responded with a
9-7 win over
Wille Makela (Hyvinkaa, FIN). De Cruz won
9-3 against
Bartosz Dzikowski (Katowice, POL), then won
10-2 against
Mikhail Vaskov (Dmitrov, RUS). De Cruz went on to lose
7-5 against
Marc Muskatewitz (Baden Baden, GER). De Cruz responded with a
8-7 win over
Steffen Walstad (Oppdal, NOR) in their final qualifying round match.
De Cruz earned
15.978 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, remaining in 8th place overall on the
World Ranking Standings with a net gain of -11.311 after improving upon their best so far this season. De Cruz ranks 7th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
190.295 points earned so far this season.
