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Ilya Ivashka advances to Geneva Open last 16

Ilya Ivashka. An archive photo

MINSK, 18 May (BelTA) – Belarus’ world number 91 Ilya Ivashka beat world number 105 Fernando Verdasco of Spain 7-6 (7-5), 6-4 to reach the Geneva Open round of Last 16, BelTA has learned.

The match lasted for one hour and 45 minutes. The Belarusian will next play world number 20 Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria.

Ilya Ivashka went through the qualifying stage defeating China’s world number 1,076 Li Hanwen 6-0, 6-3 and world number 120 Mackenzie Mc Donald of the United States 6-4, 6-3.

Belarus’ world number 103 Aliaksandra Sasnovich will face world number 145 Xiyu Wang of China in the Serbia Open round of Last 32 on 18 May. In the doubles round of Last 16 Belarus’ Lidziya Marozava and Romania’s Andreea Mitu defeated the Indian-Romania tandem of Ankita Raina and Mihaela Buzarnescu 6-3, 4-6, 10-5. In the quarterfinal the Belarusian-Romanian duo will take on the Serbian tandem of Aleksandra Krunic and Nina Stojanovic.

The competitions in Geneva and Belgrade will be over on 22 May.

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