Khachanov and Rublev beat John Patrick Smith and Luke Saville from Australia with a score of 6: 2, 7: 5 in the first round match.

The game lasted 1 hour and 11 minutes.

The next rivals of Khachanov and Rublev have not yet decided.

Earlier it was reported that the Russian Yevgeny Donskoy was unable to break into the second round of the Kremlin Cup in tennis.