In the first round, Istomin outplayed Belarusian Uladzimir Ignatik with the score 7-6(5) and 6-4 in 1 hour 25 minutes.

Jan Santral of Czech Republic created the first upset of the tournament, knocking out fifth seeded and world no 106 ranked Radu Albot of Moldavia.

Second seeded Lithuanian Ricardas Berankis took just 52 minutes to end the run of German qualifier Kevin Krawietz, winning with the score 6:4 and 6:0.

Title holder and third seed here Slovakian Lukas Lacko scraped past Croatian Franko Skugor 6-4,3-6,6-1 in 1 hour and 35 minutes , another former winner and sixth seed here Dudi Sela of Israel faced some anxious moments before overcoming qualifier Ilya Ivashka of Belarus 6/2,7/6(3).

Local boy and wildcard Sanjar Fayziev brought cheers to the local crowds becoming the third Uzbek player to move into the round of sixteen after Istomin and Dustov . The talented Uzbek junior took 1 hour and 33 minutes to register a 6/4 and 7/5 win over Estonian qualifier Vladimir Ivanov.

Uzbek top junior Djurabek Karimov, who was awarded a wildcard, found a seasoned Amir Weintraub too experienced for him. Weintraub took just over an hour to score a 6/3 and 6/4 win over Karimov.

Russian Alexander Kudryavtsev tamed another wildcard and local junior Temur Ismailov 6/4,6/2 to make it to the round of sixteen.