Roman Safiullin beat Ilia Simakin 7-6(2), 6-1 in the Almaty qualifying final on October 18, 2026. The top qualifying seed took a 7-2 tiebreak after twelve opening-set games, then finished the second set in seven games.
Tennis.com records Safiullin landing 35 of 53 first serves and winning 29 points behind them. He led nine to three in aces and held nine of ten service games.
Safiullin converted three of ten break points. Eighth qualifying seed Simakin held six of nine service games and converted his only break opportunity.
Safiullin finished with thirteen games to Simakin’s seven. A one-game margin in the opening set and a five-game margin in the second secured his ATP 250 main-draw place in straight sets.
