Fayziev Records Breakthrough Week At Home In Tashkent
Denis Istomin and Farrukh Dustov are the only players from Uzbekistan to reach the Top 100 of the Emirates ATP Rankings, but this week’s $125,000 ATP Challenger Tour event in Tashkent has revealed a new face that could become the next Uzbek player to accomplish the feat. Sanjar Fayziev made the most of the main draw wild card given to him by reaching his first Challenger quarterfinal in his hometown. The 22 year old, ranked No. 521 in the Emirates ATP Rankings, scored his biggest career win in the opening round by defeating fourth seed and World No. 95 Evgeny Donskoy of Russia in a third-set tie-break. He then backed up that victory with another three-set win over Aleksandr Nedovyesov...