The third round of the round-robin formally ended. Although only just over a third had been played so far, the structure of each group had become much clearer.
Long Dangdang, Ling Menglu, and Wang Changxin all had three wins in three games, and stood a good chance of advancing. Conversely, Yue Li and Tao Linlin mainly hoped to achieve as many victories as possible in the round-robin, so that they would rank well within their Temple when the tournament concluded. For them, making it to the finals and becoming one of the top thirty-six would already be an impressive accomplishment.