MINSK, 19 October (BelTA) – Belarus' world number 129 Ilya Ivashka has progressed to the Istanbul Open round of Last 16 after seeing off Turkey's world number 503 Ergi Kirkin 6-2, 6-4 in an hour and 23 minutes, BelTA has learned.
In the round of Last 16 Ilya Ivashka will face either France's world number 219 Elliot Benchetrit or Turkey's world number 215 Cem Ilkel.
In the doubles opener Ilya Ivashka and Portugal's Frederico Ferreira Silva will take on the New Zeland-Sweden tandem of Artem Sitak and Andre Goransson.
Belarus' world number 87 Egor Gerasimov will face Germany's world number 124 Daniel Altmaier in the Cologne Open round of Last 32 .
The tournaments in Cologne and Istanbul will be complete on 25 October.
