Adrian Mannarino prevails over Mikhail Kukushkin 7-64 6-2 in the 2nd round in Moscow on Wednesday. Mannarino will engage against Dusan Lajovic in the quarter.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Mannarino overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Kukushkin in the 2nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, that wasn’t sufficient for the French Player to win the set because Mikhail found the way to break back in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 11th (6-5) game. Adrian kept his focus before winning the set at the tiebreak at 4.
2nd set.
Adrian in this set was in much better shape than Kukushkin and for that reason he won 6-2 after breaking Mikhail in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.
A crucial moment of the match was when Adrian won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 0-1 to 5-1.
Statistics
At the end of the match, Mannarino scored 74 points vs. Kukushkin’s 62 points.
The French Player served exceptionally well to win 75% of the points (27/36) behind his first serve, and he won 50% points (13/26) on his second serve. The French Player won this match even if he had a tough time in converting his break points since he converted only 36% (4/11). On the other side, Mikhail didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (2/4). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this encounter, the head to head between Mannarino and Kukushkin is 4-0 for Adrian.
Next Match: Adrian Mannarino vs. Dusan Lajovic – stats
Mannarino will fight against Lajovic in the quarter.
This will be the 3rd time that Adrian Mannarino and Dusan Lajovic square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Lajovic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on I.hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Lajovic won 6-3 7-65 in the 1st round in Doha back in January 2019.
Tennis Scores in Moscow
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Philipp KohlschreiberKohlschreiber (3-6 6-3 7-67) – See score progression
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (7-64 6-2) – See score progression
- Andreas SeppiSeppi – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (5-7 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Lukas RosolRosol (6-4 6-76 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Andreas SeppiSeppi – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-1) – See H2H details
- Marin CilicCilic – Ivo KarlovicKarlovic (3-3) – See H2H details
- Jeremy ChardyChardy – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (0-0) – See H2H details
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Dusan LajovicLajovic (0-2) – See H2H details
- Egor GerasimovGerasimov – Andrey RublevRublev (1-0) – See H2H details
- Nikola MilojevicMilojevic – Alen AvidzbaAvidzba (0-0) – See H2H details
