MINSK, 26 September (BelTA) – Max Mirnyi of Belarus and Austria's Philipp Oswald have advanced into the men's doubles quarterfinal at the tournament in Shenzhen, China, BelTA has learned.
In the opener the Belarusian-Austrian tandem took a 7-6 (7-5), 6-1 win over the Chinese duo of Gong Maoxin and Zhang Ze. Andrei Vasilevsky of Belarus and Chile's Hans Podlipnik Castillo will open against Marcelo Melo of Brazil and Alexander Zverev of Germany.
At the tournament in Tashkent, Uzbekistan Belarus' Arina Sobolenko, ranked 119 in the world, took a solid 6-2, 6-2 win over Evgeniya Rodina of Russia (World No.84) in the round of Last 32. The Belarusian will next face Tatjana Maria of Germany (World No.53).