Stefanos Sakellaridis beat Alexander Shevchenko 7-6(4), 6-4 in the Almaty qualifying final on October 18, 2026. The sixth qualifying seed took the opening tiebreak 7-4 on his way past the third seed.
Sakellaridis won 67 of the match’s 128 points, with Shevchenko taking 61. The overall margin was six points, while the first-set tiebreak and one additional break of serve gave Sakellaridis both sets.
Sakellaridis won 35 of 44 first-serve points and hit nine aces. Shevchenko won thirty of forty first-serve points and hit six aces.
Sakellaridis held ten of eleven service games, compared with Shevchenko’s nine of eleven. He converted two of four break chances and took both sets to enter the ATP 250 main draw.
