Uzbekistan will be represented by Denis Istomin. According to the draw results, the 46th player of the world will play against Igor Sijsling of the Netherlands. Sijsling currently holds 70th place in ATP ranking.
Another representative of Uzbekistan Farrukh Dustom could not qualify to the main draw of the tournament, losing in the first round of qualifiers.
Akgul Amanmuradova has chance to qualify to main draw of Australian Open. In the first round of qualifiers, she defeated France’s Julie Coin with the score 4/6, 7/6 and 6/4. In the second round, she outplayed Monique Adamczak of Australia – 6/2 and 6/3.
In the final round of qualifiers Amanmuradova will face Estrella Cabeza Candela of Spain.