Israel's Alex Pokras needed tiebreakers to advance to the playoffs, Israel's Alex Pokras finished 1-6 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Israel's Alex Pokras lost
7-6 to
Gergely Szabo (Budapest, HUN), droppimg another game,
9-3 to
Jakub Jurkovic (Bratislava, SVK). Israel's Alex Pokras lost
13-3 to
Timothy Verreycken (Zemst, BEL). Israel's Alex Pokras lost
7-2 to
Sergio Vez (San Sebastian, ESP) where Israel's Alex Pokras responded with a
8-7 win over
Kristaps Zass (Riga, LAT). Israel's Alex Pokras went on to lose
14-3 against
Ugurcan Karagoz (Erzurum, TUR). Israel's Alex Pokras lost
8-6 to
Eduard Nikolov (Kyiv, UKR) in their final qualifying round match.
Israel's Alex Pokras earned
1.500 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 17 of the event schedule, Israel's Alex Pokras did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the
World Ranking Standings with
total points. Israel's Alex Pokras ranks th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
points earned so far this season.
