Ramos Vinolas To Face Fognini In Moscow

No. 2 seed Albert Ramos-Vinolas survived 10 aces from home favourite Evgeny Donskoy to win 6-4, 6-7(4), 6-4 in the second round of the VTB Kremlin Cup on Wednesday. Donskoy saved two match points to force a second-set tie-break, which he won to extend the match, but the Russian succumbed after a three-hour battle.

Ramos-Vinolas will face Fabio Fognini in the quarter-finals. The Italian broke serve five times in downing countryman Paolo Lorenzi 7-5, 4-6, 6-1 in two hours and 13 minutes. Fognini holds a commanding 7-0 lead in his FedEx ATP Hea2Head rivalry with Ramos-Vinolas and has never dropped a set against the left-hander on hard court.

#NextGen star Karen Khachanov put up a good show for his home crowd, but was unable to close out Damir Dzumhur, losing 3-6, 7-6(5), 6-4 in their opening-round clash. Khachanov served for the match twice in the second set but Dzumhur rallied both times. The Bosnian will next face No. 6 seed Pablo Carreno Busta.

Cabal/Farah Make Strong Start

Second seeds Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah made a strong start to their doubles campaign with a 7-6(5), 6-0 win over Ricardas Berankis and Janko Tipsarevic. The Colombians are No. 10 in the Emirates ATP Doubles Race To London.