VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS FROM ATP250 ALMATY OPEN, ROUND OF 16 SHOWS: ALMATY, KAZAKHSTAN (OCTOBER 16, 2025) (ATP MEDIA/IMG – See restrictions before use) DANIIL MEDVEDEV (RUSSIA / PURPLE) V ADAM WALTON (AUSTRALIA / WHITE SHIRT) 1. WALTON FOREHAND FINDS THE NET TO HAND MEDVEDEV A BREAK OF SERVE / MEDVEDEV FIST PUMP 2. SET POINT – WALTON CANNOT RETURN MEDVEDEV SERVE AND MEDVEDEV WINS SET / MEDVEDEV TEAM CLAPPING 3. MEDVEDEV DROP SHOT WITH BACKHAND VOLLEY TO WIN POINT 4. MEDVEDEV VOLLEYS TO WIN POINT IN THE SECOND SET TIEBREAK WITH WALTON AT THE NET / MEDVEDEV TEAM CLAPPING 5. MATCH POINT – WALTON FOREHAND FINDS THE NET AND MEDVEDEV WINS THE MATCH / MEDVEDEV WALK TOWARDS NET / PLAYERS SHAKING HANDS AT NET AND SHAKING HANDS WITH CHAIR UMPIRE / MEDVEDEV WAVING TO CROWD KAREN KHACHANOV (RUSSIA / LIGHT BLUE) V JAN-LENNARD STRUFF (GERMANY / DARK BLUE) 6. STRUFF VOLLEYS AT THE NET TO WIN POINT IN FIRST SET 7. SET POINT – KHACHANOV HITS FOREHAND WINNER TO TAKE FIRST SET / KHACHANOV FIST CLENCH 8. KHACHANOV FOREHAND WINNER IN SECOND SET / KHACHANOV CELEBRATES / CROWD APPLAUDING 9. SET POINT – KHACHANOV RETURN IS WIDE AND STRUFF WINS SECOND SET / KHACHANOV IS VISIBLY UNHAPPY 10. KHACHANOV MISHITS STRUFF FOREHAND IN THIRD SET 11. MATCH POINT – KHACHANOV FINDS THE NET AND STRUFF WINS THE SET AND THE MATCH / STRUFF CELEBRATING / STRUFF SUPPORT TEAM APPLAUDING / PLAYERS SHAKING HANDS AT THE NET AND SHAKING CHAIR UMPIRE'S HAND / STRUFF WAVING TO CROWD ALEKSANDAR VUKIC (AUSTRALIA) V ALEX MICHELSEN (UNITED STATES / WHITE SHIRT) 12. FOREHAND WINNER BY ALEX MICHELSEN / MICHELSEN BOX CHEERING 13. SET POINT – MICHELSEN TAKING SET AS ALEKSANDAR VUKIC NETS FOREHAND 14. MICHELSEN’S CRISP FOREHAND VOLLEY FORCES A BACKHAND ERROR FROM VUKIC 15. MICHELSEN’S TEAM CHEERING 16. MATCH POINT – MICHELSEN WINNING MATCH AFTER RETURNING ERROR FROM VUKIC / MICHELSEN’S TEAM CHEERING / PLAYERS MEET AT NET AND SHAKING HANDS WITH UMPIRE / MICHELSEN WAVING TO CROWD SHINTARO MOCHIZUKI (JAPAN / GREEN SHIRT) V LUCIANO DARDERI (ITALY) 17. MOCHIZUKI WINNING POINT WITH BACKHAND DROP SHOT / MOCHIZUKI’S BOX CHEERING 18. MOCHIZUKI HITTING FOREHAND RETURN WINNER, BREAKS DARDERI'S SERVE 19. MOCHIZUKI WITH A FOREHAND WINNER TO SET UP A SET POINT 20. SET POINT – DARDERI DOUBLE FAULT 21. MOCHIZUKI WINS POINT WITH BACKHAND LOB 22. MATCH POINT – MOCHIZUKI WINS MATCH AS DARDERI NETS BACKHAND RETURN / MOCHIZUKI BOX CHEERING / PLAYERS MEETING AT NET AND SHAKING HANDS WITH CHAIR UMPIRE / MOACHIZUKI’S TEAM / MOCHIZUKI WAVING TO CROWD STORY: Daniil Medvedev was made to work for his straight sets victory at the Almaty Open against Adam Walton on Thursday (October 16), winning 7-5 7-6(0). Medvedev, ranked 14th in the world, saved break points at 1-4 down in the second set, before whitewashing his Australian opponent in the tiebreak to set up a quarter-final with Hungarian Fabian Marozsan. Elsewhere in the Round of 16, top seed Karen Khachanov was beaten by Jan-Lennard Struff 4-6 7-6(5) 6-3. Khachanov is ranked 88 places above his German opponent, but the 35-year-old veteran inflicted his second-ever defeat over the 29-year-old ranked 10th in the world, both coming on indoor hard court surfaces. In another upset on Centre Court, fourth seed Italian Luciano Darderi was beaten in straight sets by Shintaro Mochizuki, 6-3 6-3. Japan's top-ranked player set up a quarter-final encounter with American Alex Michelsen, after he'd beaten Aleksandar Vukic in straight sets 6-3 6-2 earlier on Thursday. (Production: Bhagya Ayyavoo, Joseph Andrews)
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