Russian Karen Khachanov defeated Croatian player Marin Cilic in the 1/8 final of the ATP-500 tournament in Astana.
The meeting lasted 2 hours and 24 minutes and ended with the victory of the Russian tennis player in three sets. After losing the first set to Cilic 2-6, Khachanov dominated his way to victory, winning the next two games 6-3 with the same score.
Cilic (Croatia) v Khachanov (Russia) 6-2, 3-6, 3-6
In the quarterfinals of the $1.9 million Kazakhstan tournament, Khachanov will play the winner of the confrontation between Botic van de Zandschulp of the Netherlands and Novak Djokovic of Serbia.