Kirchheimer defeats Karlovskiy, advances to round of 16 at Urbana challenger

URBANA - Strong Kirchheimer stretches out as he goes for a shot into the ad court during his first-round match against Evgeny Karlovskiy at the Paine Schwartz Partners Challenger earlier today. After taking the first set, 7-5, Kirchheimer, ATP ranked at 401, advanced to the next round after Karlovskiy retired the match down one game, 5-4. He will play the winner of Tuesday's match between Ethan Quinn and #3 seed Emilio Nava.

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