Fabio Fognini and Mikhail Kukushkin will face off in the 1st round of China Open for the 5th time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 3 pm on Court 2.
Fabio Fognini: results and record
Ranked no. 12, Fognini will start his run in Beijing after he played his last match in Us Open where he lost 6-3 6-4 6-76 6-3 to Opelka in the 1st round the 26th of August.
The Italian has a 23-17 win-loss record in 2019, 7-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current season was conquering the title in Carlo where he beat Dusan Lajovic in the final 6-3 6-4.
Last year in Beijing
The Italian lost in the semifinal w/o to Juan Martin Del Potro.
Mikhail Kukushkin: results and record
Ranked no. 60, Kukushkin will start his run in Beijing after he played his last match in St Petersburg where he lost 7-68 6-2 to Sousa in the quarter the 20th of September.
Kukushkin has a 21-23 win-loss record in 2019, 8-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The Kazakhstani best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Phoenix Challenger and Marseille.
Last year in Beijing
The Kazakhstani lost in the qualifications 6-2 6-4 to Radu Albot.
China Open Live score and result Fabio Fognini vs. Mikhail Kukushkin
Follow the live score and result of this match as soon as it starts
Prediction and head to head Fabio Fognini vs. Mikhail Kukushkin
This will be the 5th time that Fabio Fognini and Mikhail Kukushkin play each other. The head to head is 2-2 for Fognini and Kukushkin (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Fognini won 6-3 7-5 in the 2nd round in Munich back in 2016.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Fabio Fognini who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Fabio Fognini is the pick to win this match.
Fabio Fognini -> 1.80
Mikhail Kukushkin -> 1.90
Click here to see the updated quotes and live streaming (only selected countries - USA excluded).
To be able to watch live streaming bet365, a funded account is required or you need to have placed a bet in the last 24 hours. 18+ BeGambleAware.
Here where top tennis events are broadcasted or streamed online (ATP, WTA).
At the challenger level, there will be free live streaming on Challenger TV.
Â
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Beijing
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Pablo CuevasCuevas (6-2 7-67) – See score progression
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Christian GarinGarin (7-65 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Daniel EvansEvans – Zhe LiLi (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Kyle EdmundEdmund (6-4 3-6 7-65) – See score progression
- Jeremy ChardyChardy – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (6-77 6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Andrey RublevRublev – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Andy MurrayMurray – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (0-0) – See H2H details
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Sam QuerreyQuerrey (3-0) – See H2H details
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – John IsnerIsner (7-4) – See H2H details
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Fabio FogniniFognini (2-2) – See H2H details
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (1-1) – See H2H details
- Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Guido PellaPella (1-0) – See H2H details
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Fernando VerdascoVerdasco (3-0) – See H2H details
- Dominic ThiemThiem – Richard GasquetGasquet (0-2) – See H2H details
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Jeremy ChardyChardy (0-0) – See H2H details
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (1-0) – See H2H details