Get Instant News Updates
Enable
x
Notification Settings X
Time Settings
Done
Clear Notification X
Do you want to clear all the notifications from your inbox?
Settings X
For Quick Alerts
ALLOW NOTIFICATIONS  
For Daily Alerts

Snobel upsets seventh seed Cipolla to enter quarterfinals

By Staff

Tashkent, Oct 15 (UNI) Czech Republic's unseeded Pavel Snobel shocked seventh seed Flavio Cipolla (Italy) to enter the quarterfinals of the USD 125,000 Tashkent Challenger tennis tournament here today.

In the second round match, the left-handed Snobel outplayed Cipolla 6-3, 6-0 in a one sided encounter.

Third seeded Denis Gremelmeyr, fourth seeded Michael Berrer (Germany) and home favorite sixth seeded Denis Istomin also moved into the last eight stage of the competition.

Gremelmayr showed great form in disposing off Frenchman Edouard Roger Vaselin 6-4, 6-3 while Berrer went through a close second set beforeovercoming Polish player Lukasz Kubot 6-3, 7-6 (7-5).

Cheered on by his home crowd, Istomin came back from a break down in the second set to score an impressive 6-2, 7-6 (7-4) win against German Daniel Brands and stop a German hat trick of wins.

UNI XC HSB AB RR KP1747

Story first published: Thursday, August 24, 2017, 16:32 [IST]
Other articles published on Aug 24, 2017