Kukushkin Into R3

Volgograd native Mikhail Kukushkin who plays for Kazakhstan beat Damir Dzumhur (Bosnia and Herzegovina) in R2 of St. Petersburg Open 2019 – 7/6, 6/2. Kukushkin had more points forcing (13 versus 10 for Dzumhur). He also made fewer unforced errors (36/40).

It wasn’t the first Head2Head for Kukushkin and Dzumhur. “Damir is not the most convenient opponent for me but I tried to fight in every rally, – Kukushkin said after the match. – I got a little bit lucky in tie-breaker of the first set. I was nervous on match-points in the last game because I realized I won’t have many opportunities to finish the match. Yet, I am I’m happy that at the end of the day I closed it out”.