The first racket of Ukraine in the men's category Oleksiy Krutykh beat Russian tennis player Pavel Kotov in the final qualification of the ATP 250 series tournament in Doha (Qatar). The fight lasted an hour and 50 minutes and ended with a strong-willed victory for the Ukrainian. Krutykh lost in the first set with a score of 1:6, but then he pulled himself together and turned out to be stronger than the athlete from the aggressor country in the next two games - 6:3, 6:3.. Thus, Krutykh will play in the main draw of an ATP tournament for the first time in his career.. He made his Grand Slam debut this year at the 2023 Australian Open..