Fomin, who reached a career-high ranking of World No. 576 in January 2019 and appeared in his first main draw on the ATP Challenger Tour in three years, battled his way to the championship match through the top half with wins over Alibek Kachmazov from Russia, Germany’s Sebastian Fanselow, No. 4 seed Kaichi Uchida from Japan and last week’s Shymkent champion Emilio Nava from the United States.