Alibek Kachmazov defeated Charles Broom 4-6, 7-6, 6-4 in the round of 32 at the Unin Open, a Challenger 50 Series event, to reach the round of 16. According to api.tennis, the match went three sets. According to rank.tennis, the Russian is ranked No. 495 and has 92 points. The fourth-seeded Briton is ranked No. 258 and has 210 points.
How the match unfolded
The first set went to Broom, 6-4. In the second, Kachmazov responded by taking it in a tiebreak and leveled the match. The third set went his way, 6-4. The Russian lost the start of the match but won two sets in a row.
Kachmazov came through qualifying to reach the main draw. In Q1, he beat Yan Lan Chen 6-1, 6-2, and in Q2, Grigory Lomakin 6-1, 6-1. His first opponent in the main draw was Broom. Before the tournament in Unin, Kachmazov won the final in Yinchuan against Quan-Shou Chen 6-3, 6-4.