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.
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