Samarkand challenger qualifying Seeds: 1. Mark Nielsen 2. Andrei Rybalko 3. Ladislav Svarc 4. Igor Kunitcin 5. Alexey Gavrilov 6. Evgeni Mikheev 7. Artem Derepasko 8. Bjorn Rehnquist First Round (1)Mark Nielsen bye Otabek Madaminov d. Otabek Abdorahmanov 6-2 6-0 Abdulhamid Makhkamov d. Denis Kurmatov 6-2 6-1 (8)Bjorn Rehnquist d. Alexander Maltsev 6-1 6-1 (2)Andrei Rybalko bye Dimitri Mazur d. Nikolai Shakhidze 6-3 6-2 Alexey Kedriouk d. Vitali Shvets 6-0 2-6 6-2 (7)Artem Derepasko d. Alexey Tioubaev 6-3 6-2 (3)Ladislav Svarc bye Evgueni Karassev d. Sergei Krotiouk 6-4 7-5 Ivan Surov d. Uluabek Musaev 6-4 7-5 (6)Evgeni Mikheev bye (4)Igor Kunitcin bye Stanislav Pribylov d. Serguei Pozdnev 6-2 6-3 Vladimir Bistryavichus d. Serguey Sherbinin 6-1 4-6 6-2 (5)Alexey Gavrilov bye Second Round (1)Mark Nielsen d. Otabek Madaminov 6-0 6-0 (8)Bjorn Rehnquist d. Abdulhamid Makhkamov 6-3 6-1 (2)Andrei Rybalko d. Dimitri Mazur 6-0 6-3 (7)Artem Derepasko d. Alexey Kedriouk 6-4 6-4 (3)Ladislav Svarc d. Evgueni Karassev 6-3 6-2 (6)Evgeni Mikheev d. Ivan Surov 6-3 6-1 (4)Igor Kunitcin d. Stanislav Pribylov 6-2 3-6 6-3 (5)Alexey Gavrilov d. Vladimir Bistryavichus 6-2 7-5 Qualifying Round (1)Mark Nielsen d. (8)Bjorn Rehnquist 3-6 6-1 6-2 (2)Andrei Rybalko d. (7)Artem Derepasko 5-7 6-3 7-5 (6)Evgeni Mikheev d. (3)Ladislav Svarc 4-6 6-1 6-1 (4)Igor Kunitcin d. (5)Alexey Gavrilov 2-6 6-1 7-5