Ikramov enters Tashkent tennis main draw

Fourth seeded Sarvar Ikramov played percentage tennis Monday to stop Germany's Frank Moser 7-6(2), 2-6, 7-5 and become the lone Uzbek player to qualify for the main draw of the Tashkent Challenger here.

Top seeded Lucas Pouille of France, second seed Yyoung-Kyu Lim of Korea, and third seed Danai Udomchoke of Thailand also qualified for the main draw of the men's singles and assured themselves five ATP points.

Final qualifying round: Sarvar Ikramov (UZB) bt Frank Moser (GER) 7-6(2), 2-6, 7-5; Yong-Kyu Lim (KOR) bt Sergey Shipilov (UZB) 6-1, 6-4; Danai Udomchoke (THA) bt Vaja Uzakov (UZB) 7-6(5), 6-2; Lucas Pouille (FRA) bt Batyr Sapaev (UZB) 7-5, 6-1.