Imametdinov/Bezzubova 3rd in the Grand Slam Latin competition in Moscow
Skuratov/Uehlin runners-up place seven in the Grand Slam Standard
In the Grand Slam Latin competition in Moscow, Russia, Timur Imametdinov/Nina Bezzubova finished 3rd. Maksim Stepanov/Ksenya Rybina ranked 11th in the semi-final. Evgeny Vinokurov/Christina Luft occupied the 15th place, Artur Balandin/Anna Salita the 19th place and Marek Bures/Anastasia Khadjeh-Nouri the 22th place in the quarter-final. The competition consisted of seven rounds with 296 couples taking part.
Final:
1. Armen Tsaturyan/Svetlana Gudyno, Russia
2. Charles-Guillaume Schmitt/Elene Salikhova, France
3. Timur Imametdinov/Nina Bezzubova, Schwarz-Weiß-Club
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4. Yury Simachev/Anastasia Klokotova, Russia
5. Timur Yusupov/Sofia Kharina, Russia
6. Andrea Silvestri/Martina Varadi, Hungary
One day later three DTV couples took part in the WDSF Grand Slam Standard competition, taking place as well in Moscow. Anton Skuratov/Alona Uehlin just missed the final and finished with the runners-up place seven. Valentin and Renata Lusin ranked 16th in the quarter-final, Dumitru Doga/Sarah Ertmer 21th.
Final:
1. Dmitry Zharkov/Olga Kulikova, Russi
2. Evaldas Sodeika/Ieva Zurkauskaite, Lithuania
3. Alexey Glukhov/Anastasia Glazunova, Russia
4. Vaidotas Lacitis/Veronika Golodneva, Lithuania
5. Bjorn Bitsch/Ashli Williamson, Denmark
6. Francesco Galuppo/Debora Pacini, Italy
by Sonja Schäufler Uhr