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The sides played for two hours and 18 minutes. Both tennis players recorded 8 aces. Ukrainian tennis player made six double faults, while Istomin made none. Marchenko also made 62 unforced errors against 41 of Denis Istomin.
In the second round, Denis Istomin will face the second seed of Moscow tournament Russian Mikhail Yuzhniy.