Matvey Vakin (St-Petersburg, RUS) finished 4-2 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Vakin defeated Vernon Boyd (Grande Prairie, AB) 3-0, then went on to lose 6-4 against Christian Durtschi (Adelboden, SUI). Vakin responded with a 5-2 win over Gabor Eszol (Budapest, HUN). Vakin went on to lose 6-5 against Mark Mooney (Ardsley, USA). Vakin responded with a 8-7 win over John Scott (Hamilton, CAN). Vakin won 5-4 against P.N. Raju (IND/USA, www) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week of the event schedule, Vakin did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Vakin ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.