Almaty Open: Shevchenko edges past Kukushkin to move into second round
Alexander Shevchenko beat Mikhail Kukushkin 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4) on Tuesday afternoon. He’ll face Russian qualifier Aslan Karatsev in the next round
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Alexander Shevchenko defeated qualifier Mikhail Kukushkin 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4) to move into the second round of the Almaty Open at Almaty Arena.
Shevchenko, ranked No 61, will play Russian qualifier Aslan Karatsev next.
Almaty ATP 250, other first-round results (Almaty Arena, hard, USD 1.036.700, most recent results first):
- Timofey Skatov vs. Tomas Machac
- James Duckworth vs. Aleksandar Vukic
- Aslan Karatsev beat Zhizhen Zhang (6): 6-4, 7-6 (2)
- Daniel Evans (Q) beat Taro Daniel: 6-2, 7-6 (4)
- Beibit Zhukayev (WC) beat Benjamin Hassan (Q): 6-4, 6-1
- Otto Virtanen beat Fabio Fognini: 6-3, 7-6 (4)
- Gabriel Diallo beat Christopher O’Connell: 7-6 (5), 6-2
- Adrian Mannarino (8) beat Roman Safiullin: 5-7, 7-6 (4), 6-3
- Borna Coric beat Fabian Marozsan (7): 6-4, 7-6 (4)
- Maximilian Marterer beat Damir Dzumhur: 7-5, 6-4
- Justin Engel (WC) beat Chak Lam Coleman Wong: 7-5, 6-4
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