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Farrukh Dustov advances to second round of Tashkent Challanger
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) --
Fourth seeded Yuki Bhambri of India, seventh seeded Evgeny Donskoy of Russia and eighth seeded Farrukh Dustov of Uzbekistan sailed into the second round of the US$125,000 ATP Tashkent Challenger being played at the Olympic Tennis School in Tashkent.
In the opening round matches fourth seeded and 105 ranked Bhambri took 1hr 17 mins to score a 6-4,6-2 win over Estonian Jurgen Zopp , while seventh seeded Russain Evgeny Donskoy took under a hour to demolish country mate Alexev Vatutin 6-3,6-3.
Local star an eighth seeded Farrukh Dustov fired 12 aces on his way to a 6-2,7-5 win over Aldin Setkic of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1 hr 20 mins.
Qualifier Sergey Betov of Belarus set up a 6-4, 6-2 win against local wildcard entrant Shonigmatjon Shofayziyev to make it to the second round.
Results of singles matches (First Round)
Yuki Bhambri (Ind) S.4 bt Jurgen Zopp (Est) 6-4,6-2
Evgeny Donskoy (Rus) S.7 bt Alexev Vatutin (Rus) 6-3,6-3.
Farrukh Dustov (Uzb) S.8 bt Aldin Setkic (BIH) 6-2,7-5
Sergey Betov (Blr) bt Shonigmatjon Shofayziyev 6-4,6-2
Nikola Mektic (Cro) bt Mikhail Elgin (Rus) 6-2,6-3
Doubles (First Round)
Ti Chen (TPE)/ Uladzimir Ignatik (BLR) b Evgeny Donskoy (RUS), Alexander Kudryavtsev (RUS)6/3, 6/2
Dudi Sela / Amir Weintraub (ISR) bt Yuki Bhambri(IND)/ Michael Venus (NZL) 6/7(3),6/4,10/6
Aliaksandr Bury (BLR)/ Denis Istomin (UZB) S.3 bt Konstantin Kravchuk(RUS),Denys Molchanov (UKR) 6-4,4-6,10-6
[WC] Sanjar Fayziev (UZB)/Djurabeck Karimov (UZB) b Nikola Mektic (CRO), Franko Skugor 6/3,6/4
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