Emil Ruusuvuori trashes Mikhail Kukushkin 6-3 6-1 in the quarter in Nur-Sultan on Friday after playing a superlative match to deal with Adrian Mannarino in the semifinal.

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The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Ruusuvuori clinched in the 6th game (4-2) prior to finally managing to win the set (6-3).

Emil converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 6th game (3-2 30-40). On the other side, Ruusuvuori didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 52 points. Ruusuvuori was the one to win the set after conquering 10 points more than Kukushkin (31-21). Ruusuvuori dropped 6 points on serve (20-6). In addition, on the other side, Mikhail conceded 11 points on serve (15-11).

Ruusuvuori was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Kukushkin in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. The Finn managed to strengthen his lead after breaking Mikhail in the 3rd (3-0) and in the 7th (6-1) game before winning the set.

An important stage of this set was when Emil won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the score from 0-0 to 4-0.

Emil converted 50% of his break points (3/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 0th (0-0 40-A), the 3rd (2-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 5th (4-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (5-1 30-40). On the other side, Emil didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 63 points. Ruusuvuori was the one to win the set after conquering 13 points more than the Kazakhstani (38-25). The Finn conceded 7 points on serve (16-7). On the losing side, the Kazakhstani conceded 22 points on serve (18-22).

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Ruusuvuori
Kukushkin
6-3 6-1
1h:21
68
68
Total points
45
45
26
26
Winners
25
25
38%
38%
Ratio Winners
56%
56%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
4
4
5
5
Double Faults
1
1
64%
64%
1st in
65%
65%
87%
87%
1st won
58%
58%
26/30
26/30
1st won
25/43
25/43
53%
53%
2nd won
35%
35%
9/17
9/17
2nd won
8/23
8/23
-- Break Points --
4/8
4/8
Total
0/0
0/0
50%
50%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, Emil scored 68

points vs. the Kazakhstani’s 45.

The Finn served extremely well to win 87% of the points (26/30) behind his first serve, and he won 53% points (9/17) on his second serve. The Finn was sharp when converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (4/8). On the other side, the Kazakhstani wasn’t able to conquer any break point. However, The Finn was just to good and Kukushkin had no opportunity to win this match.

After this encounter, the head to head between Ruusuvuori and Kukushkin is 1-0 for Emil.

Draw and next match H2H: Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Adrian Mannarino – stats

Ruusuvuori will compete against Mannarino in the semifinal.

There is no head to head record between Emil Ruusuvuori and Adrian Mannarino since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

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