Basel, Switzerland

This week, Evgeny plays in Switzerland, at the Davidoff Swiss Indoors.

He will have to go through two qualification rounds before getting to the main draw. He is the #1 seed of the qualies, and will make his debuts there against a young local player, [WC]S.EHRAT

The complete qualies draw is available : here

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[1]E.KOROLEV (RUS) def [WC]S.EHRAT (SUI) 6/1 6/0

Next round he will be opposed to [7]J. HAJEK (CZE).

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[1]E.KOROLEV (RUS) def [7]J. HAJEK (CZE) 6/3 6/1

With this second win, Zhenya gets in the main draw, where he will face S.BOLLELI (ITA) in the first round.

The main draw is available : here

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[Q]E.KOROLEV (RUS) def S.BOLLELI (ITA) 3/6 7/6(4) 6/2

Next round he will face J.CHARDY (FRA).

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[Q]E.KOROLEV (RUS) def J.CHARDY (FRA) 6/4 7/6(1)

His next opponent will be the toughest one of all, R.FEDERER (SUI).

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[1]R.FEDERER (SUI) def [Q]E.KOROLEV (RUS) 6/3 6/2

Zhenya played a solid first set, only getting broken when he made two double faults and an unforced error in the middle of the set, in a really bad game, before regaining his focus.

Unfortunetaly, and despite a few great shots, he’s been a little less consistant in the second set, and against Federer it usually translates in an instant punishment. Zhenya lost his serve twice, and then the match.