Segatori / Sudol win Grand Slam in Hongkong

Anton Skuratov / Alona Uehlin were recalled into the semifinal of the Grand Slam Standard and finished tenth. Dumitru Doga / Sarah Ertmer finished 20^th. Anatoliy Noveselov / Tasja Novoselov-Schulz (27^th) and Valentin and Renata Lusin (28^th) were left out of the quarter final.

In the Grand Slam Latin competition, the best two couples representing the DTV danced in the final: Marius-Andrei Balan / Khrystyna Moshenska finished third, behind Goffredo / Matus and Tsaturyan / Gudyno. Timur Imametdinov / Nina Bezzubova finished fourth. Maxim Stepanov / Ksenya Rybina missed out the semifinal and finished 15^th. As well in the quarterfinal were Zsolt Cseke Sandor / Malika Dzumaev (19^th) and Marek Bures / Anastasija Iermolenko Khadjeh-Nouri (20^th).

Razvan Dumitrescu / Jacqueline Joos were travelling a lot and they were recalled into two finals: in Timisoara, Romania they danced in the final of the International Open Latin competition and finished sixth. In Kosice, Slovakia, they danced again on the following day and were runners-up at the International Open there.

At Senior II Standard in Kosice, Dirk and Fabienne Regitz were recalled into the final. Marc Becker / Nicole Giersbeck finished sixth at Senior II Latin. Thomas Schlehufer / Natalie Pickshaus-Jonscher finished tenth.

The Open World Championship Senior II Latin took place in Kosice as well. Five German couples were dancing in the quarterfinal: Dirk and Fabienne Regitz (16^th), Marc Becker / Nicole Giersbeck (17^th), Thomas Schlehufer / Natalie Pickshaus-Jonscher (shared 19^th), Achim Hobl / Kerstin Hahn (shared 22^nd) and Thorsten and Gudrun Brechmann (25^th) were among the best 25 couples of the World Championship. Unfortunately they were all not recalled into the semifinal of 13.