DUBAI RESULTS. Karen Khachanov defeats Kukushkin in the 1st round

Karen Khachanov victorious over Mikhail Kukushkin 7-6² 6-1 in the 1^st round in Dubai on Monday. Khachanov will square off with Dennis Novak or Prajnesh Gunneswaran in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Karen won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 4^th (1-3) and in the 6^th (2-4) game. Khachanov broke back in the 5^th (2-3) and in the 7^th (3-4) game before winning the set at the following breaker at 2.

2^nd set.

Khachanov overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Kukushkin in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Karen managed to boost his lead after breaking the Kazakhstani in the 4^th (4-0) game before conquering the set (6-1).

Certainly, a key moment was when the Russian won 5 consecutive games in the 2^nd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Russian scored 69 points vs. Kukushkin’s 50 points.

Karen served very well to win 81% of the points (29/36) behind his first serve, and he won 52% points (12/23) on his second serve. The Russian didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (4/8). On the other side, Mikhail had a tough time converting his break points (only 40% – 2/5). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this encounter, the head to head between Khachanov and Kukushkin is 1-1.

Highlights Karen Khachanov vs. Mikhail Kukushkin Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships – Dubai

Next Match H2H: Karen Khachanov vs. Dennis Novak or Prajnesh Gunneswaran – stats

Khachanov will compete against either Dennis Novak or Prajnesh Gunneswaran in the 2^nd round. The head to head is 1-0 vs. Dennis Novak and 0-0 vs. Prajnesh Gunneswaran.

Tennis Scores in Dubai

• Andrey RublevRublev – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Malek JaziriJaziri (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (7-6² 6-1) – See score progression
• Richard GasquetGasquet – Lloyd HarrisHarris (7-6⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• Philipp KohlschreiberKohlschreiber – Mohamed SafwatSafwat (4-6 6-4 6-0) – See score progression

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