Lotta Immonen/Markus Sipila (Espoo, FIN) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, Immonen/Sipila finished 3-2 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Immonen/Sipila lost
6-5 to
Laura Engler/Kevin Wunderlin (Zug, SUI), then responded with a
8-1 win over
Karoliine Kaare/Harri Lill (Tallinn, EST). Immonen/Sipila won
9-5 against
Adela Walczak/Andrzej Augustyniak (Lodz, POL). Immonen/Sipila went on to lose
6-4 against
Jenny Perret/Martin Rios (Glarus, SUI). Immonen/Sipila responded with a
9-5 win over
Simone Iseli/Rene Iseli (Gstaad, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.
Immonen/Sipila earned
4.500 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. Immonen/Sipila gained -8.532 points improving upon their best 4 events, though dropped 2 spots on the
World Ranking Standings into 35thplace overall with
53.906 total points. Immonen/Sipila ranks 47th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
11.250 points earned so far this season.
