Fabio Ribotta (Trentino, ITA) finished 4-3 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ribotta lost
8-6 to
Andrin Schnider (Schauffhausen, SUI), then responded with a
10-4 win over
Christian Heinimann (Basel, SUI). Ribotta won
5-4 against
Martin Rios (Glarus, SUI). Ribotta went on to lose
3-2 against
Daniel Magnusson (Karlstad, SWE). Ribotta responded with a
10-9 win over
Eddy Mercier (Lyon, FRA). Ribotta won
7-1 against
Schnider to advance to a C-Qualifier game where they lost
7-2 against
Lukas Klima (Prague, CZE) in their final qualifying round match.
Ribotta earned
6.793 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 37 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 170th place overall with
13.644 total points. Ribotta ranks 146th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
6.793 points earned so far this season.
