Nara Kang/Si-Woo Moon (Gyeonggi, KOR) finished 2-4 in the 21-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kang/Moon lost 11-4 to Yubin Park/Jeongmin Kim (Seoul, KOR), droppimg another game, 11-3 to Kyeongae Kim/Jihoon Seong (Gangwon, KOR). Kang/Moon lost 9-5 to Yujeong Shim/Seungwon Shim (Jeonbuk, KOR). Kang/Moon lost 7-3 to Seunghee Yang/JeongJae Lee (Seoul, KOR) where Kang/Moon responded with a 8-2 win over Dahye Jo/Jangyeon Cho (Chungbuk, KOR). Kang/Moon won 8-2 against Min Ji Kim/Jinwoong Park (Gyeonggi, KOR) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 1 of the event schedule, Kang/Moon did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Kang/Moon ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.