The Belarusian was defeated by Japan's world number 69 Kei Nishikori who will proceed to the quarterfinals. In the opener the Belarusian beat world's number 18 Gael Monfils of France, 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 and Kazakhstan's world number 127 Mikhail Kukushkin 6-7 (4-7), 6-3, 6-3.