MINSK, 29 October (BelTA) – Belarus' Andrei Vasilevski and Israel's Jonathan Erlich reached the 2020 Astana Open quarterfinal defeating the Egyptian-Kazakh tandem of Mohamed Safwat and Denis Yevseyev 6-3, 6-3 in less than an hour, BelTA has learned.
Earlier, Belarus' world number 83 Egor Gerasimov advanced into the quarterfinal in Nur-Sultan after seeing off world number 66 Jiri Vesely of the Czech Republic 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. The Belarusian defeated world number 80 Lloyd Harris of South Africa 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (7-3) in the opener. In the quarterfinal Egor Gerasimov will face U.S. world number 64 Frances Tiafoe.
Belarus' world number 331 Uladzimir Ignatik was victorious in the round of Last 32 in ITF Greece F9 Futures. The Belarusian defeated Italy's world number 428 Francesco Forti 7-5, 6-4. In the doubles quarterfinal Uladzimir Ignatik and Romania's Mircea Alexandru-Jecan will face the Czech duo of Vaclav Safranek and Robin Stanek.
The tournaments in Nur-Sultan and Heraklion will finish on 1 November.
