Belarusian Ilya Ivashko made his way to the main draw of the tennis tournament in Jinan

Ilya Ivashko (ATP: 237) entered the tournament from the ATP Challenger category in Jinan, China. In the match of the second qualifying round, the Belarusian athlete for 1 hour 23 minutes beat the Japanese Kaichi Uchida (ATP: 386) - 6: 2, 6: 4, sb.by reports.

On the eve of the start of qualifying, the first number of Belarusian men's tennis did not leave a chance to Beibit Zhukaev from Kazakhstan (ATP: 503) (6: 0, 6: 4). And today, October 12, Ilya Ivashko also pleased with a confident Victoria, thereby, by the way, extending the winning streak in the framework of the Chinese tour to seven meetings. Earlier, our athlete won the tournament in Shanghai.

The first set of the match against Uchida was completely dictated by the Belarusian, who made two unanswered breaks. In the second game, the Japanese escalated the fight. But still Ivashko took one game at the reception, and the opponent at least could not answer the same.

The prize fund of the tournament in Jinan is 225 thousand dollars. Matches are played on hard courts. Last season, the winner of these competitions was the Frenchman Arthur Caso, who in the final took over the American Mackenzie McDonald - 6: 3, 6: 2. Belarusian tennis player Ivashko became the winner of the tournament in Shanghai