Penza challenger qualifying July 21-27, 2008 Singles Seeds: (cut: none) 1. Valery Rudnev 2. Ilya Belyaev 3. Artur Chernov 4. Dmitri Frumkin 5. Nikolay Nesterov 6. Alexander Vasin 7. Anton Chekhov First Round (1)Valery Rudnev (RUS) bye Igor Karpov (RUS) d. Oleg Dmitriev (RUS) 4-6 6-2 6-4 Georgi Kurochkin (RUS) d. Dima Rovkin (RUS) 6-2 6-2 Viacheslav Smirnov (RUS) d. Sergei Sukhov (RUS) 7-5 6-2 (2)Ilya Belyaev (RUS) bye Dmitri Molchanov (RUS) d. Egor Fedotov (RUS) 6-3 6-0 Igor Kuznetsov (RUS) d. Mansur Gishkaev (RUS) 2-6 6-1 7-6(8) (5)(WC)Nikolay Nesterov (RUS) bye (3)Artur Chernov (RUS) bye Sergei Belov (RUS) d. Igor Zhuravlev (RUS) 6-0 6-0 Mikhail Saldin (RUS) bye (6)Alexander Vasin (RUS) bye (4)Dmitri Frumkin (RUS) bye Alexey Kalinin (RUS) bye Vitaly Kachanovskiy (RUS) bye (7)Anton Chekhov (RUS) bye Second Round (1)Valery Rudnev (RUS) d. Igor Karpov (RUS) 6-3 6-2 Georgi Kurochkin (RUS) d. Viacheslav Smirnov (RUS) 6-4 6-0 (2)Ilya Belyaev (RUS) d. Dmitri Molchanov (RUS) 6-2 6-0 Igor Kuznetsov (RUS) d. (5)(WC)Nikolay Nesterov (RUS) 6-4 7-6(5) (3)Artur Chernov (RUS) d. Sergei Belov (RUS) 6-1 6-3 (6)Alexander Vasin (RUS) d. Mikhail Saldin (RUS) 6-1 6-1 Alexey Kalinin (RUS) d. (4)Dmitri Frumkin (RUS) 7-5 6-7(3) 6-2 Vitaly Kachanovskiy (RUS) d. (7)Anton Chekhov (RUS) 7-5 6-2 Qualifying Round (1)Valery Rudnev (RUS) d. Georgi Kurochkin (RUS) 6- 6-1 (2)Ilya Belyaev (RUS) d. Igor Kuznetsov (RUS) 6-4 6-2 (3)Artur Chernov (RUS) d. (6)Alexander Vasin (RUS) 6-3 6-0 Vitaly Kachanovskiy (RUS) d. Alexey Kalinin (RUS) 7-6(5) 6-4