Sanjar Fayziev will face off Russian Igor Gakhov in the quarterfinals of Shymkent Cup

Uzbekistan's Sanjar Fayziev defeated two opponents in the first and second stage and he earned quarterfinals quote in men's singles of Shymkent Open.

Fayziev started the tournament with a 6-4, 3-6, 6-7 victory over Denis Matsukevich from Russia and continued his campaign with an interesting match against Kazakhstan's Roman Khassanov in the second round.

In this round, Uzbekistan international had difficulties where he lost the first set to his opponents by a 0-6 score. However, Fayziev equalized the overall score with his second-set win before he ended the match with a 6-2 victory.

Sanjar Fayziev will compete with Russian Igor Gakhov in the quarterfinals of the tournament.