Joao Sousa victorious over Mikhail Kukushkin 7-68 6-2 in the quarter in St. Petersburg on Friday. Sousa will face off with Borna Coric in the semifinal.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Neither player conceded a service game during this set. Therefore the affair had to be decided at the tiebreak. Finally, Sousa won the breaker at 8.
2nd set.
Sousa had a favorable start in this set after breaking Kukushkin in the 1st game (1-0). That was enough for Sousa to win the set (6-2) as there were no other breaks.
A crucial moment of the match was when the Portuguese won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 6-2.
Statistics
At the end of the match, Joao scored 83 points vs. Kukushkin’s 72 points.
Sousa served very well to win 75% of the points (41/55) behind his first serve. Anyhow he won only 45% points (10/22) on his second serve. Joao blasted 10 aces without committing any double fault. The Portuguese was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that he procured (2/4). On the other side, Kukushkin wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/4
). That was one of the key issues for his demise.After this match, the head to head between Sousa and Kukushkin is 2-2
.Next Match: Joao Sousa vs. Borna Coric – stats
Sousa will take on Coric in the semifinal.
This will be the 2nd time that Joao Sousa and Borna Coric play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Coric (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on I.hard.
The last time that they squared off, Coric won 7-64 5-7 7-64 in the 2nd round in Halle back in June 2019.
Tennis Scores in St. Petersburg
- Egor GerasimovGerasimov – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (7-65 7-63) – See score progression
- Joao SousaSousa – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (7-68 6-2) – See score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Andrey RublevRublev (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Borna CoricCoric – Casper RuudRuud (3-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (2-0) – See H2H details
- Borna CoricCoric – Joao SousaSousa (1-0) – See H2H details