St. Petersburg challenger qualifying July 28-August 3, 2003 Singles Seeds: (cut: Michail Georgiev - NR) 1. Victor Bruthans 2. Dmitri Sitak 3. Jan Masik 4. Pavel Ivanov 5. Andrei Cherkasov 6. Vitali Chvets 7. Serguei Pozdnev 8. Kirill Ivanov-Smolensky First Round (1)Victor Bruthans (SVK) d. Viatcheslav Ronjine (RUS) 6-1 6-0 Evgueni Smirnov (RUS) d. Vladimir Nifontov (RUS) 6-3 6-1 Artur Djabarov (RUS) d. (WC)Valentine Dunenkov (RUS) 6-4 6-4 (7)Serguei Pozdnev (RUS) d. (WC)Alexei Karpenko (RUS) 6-2 6-2 (2)Dmitri Sitak (RUS) d. Stanislav Pribylov (RUS) 6-4 6-1 Sergei Krotiouk (RUS) d. Mait Kunnap (EST) 1-6 6-4 6-3 Serguei Demekhine (RUS) d. (WC)Ilia Chkonia (RUS) 6-7(3) 7-5 6-3 Alexander Sikanov (RUS) d. (6)Vitali Chvets (BLR) 6-4 7-5 (3)Jan Masik (CZE) d. Dmitri Lomakin (RUS) 6-2 6-0 (WC)Andrei Mishin (RUS) d. Artem Sitak (RUS) 6-2 7-5 Lassi Ketola (FIN) d. Vladimir Melnikov (RUS) 6-3 6-2 (5)Andrei Cherkasov (RUS) d. Pavel Lobanov (RUS) 6-1 6-2 (4)Pavel Ivanov (RUS) d. Mikhail Ledovskikh (RUS) 7-6(4) 6-3 Steven Randjelovic (AUS) d. Michail Georgiev (RUS) 6-3 6-2 (WC)Georgy Tchoukhleb (RUS) d. (WC)Ilya Drozdov (RUS) 6-1 6-3 (8)Kirill Ivanov-Smolensky (RUS) d. Ivan Syrov (RUS) 6-3 7-6(3) Second Round (1)Victor Bruthans (SVK) d. Evgueni Smirnov (RUS) 6-2 6-2 (7)Serguei Pozdnev (RUS) d. Artur Djabarov (RUS) 6-1 6-0 (2)Dmitri Sitak (RUS) d. Sergei Krotiouk (RUS) 6-4 6-1 Serguei Demekhine (RUS) d. Alexander Sikanov (RUS) 6-3 6-4 (3)Jan Masik (CZE) d. (WC)Andrei Mishin (RUS) 6-3 6-2 (5)Andrei Cherkasov (RUS) d. Lassi Ketola (FIN) 6-3 6-1 (4)Pavel Ivanov (RUS) d. Steven Randjelovic (AUS) 3-6 6-3 6-4 (8)Kirill Ivanov-Smolensky (RUS) d. (WC)Georgy Tchoukhleb (RUS) 6-3 6-2 Qualifying Round (1)Victor Bruthans (SVK) d. (7)Serguei Pozdnev (RUS) 6-0 6-1 Serguei Demekhine (RUS) d. (2)Dmitri Sitak (RUS) 6-2 6-1 (3)Jan Masik (CZE) d. (5)Andrei Cherkasov (RUS) 6-2 6-4 (8)Kirill Ivanov-Smolensky (RUS) d. (4)Pavel Ivanov (RUS) 6-4 0-6 6-2