Bedene tops Kukushkin in the 1st round of the Serbia Open. HIGHLIGHTS – BELGRADE RESULTS

SERBIA OPEN - BELGRADE DRAW AND RESULTS. Bedene victorious over Kukushkin to come up against Fabio Fognini in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Aljaz Bedene vs. Mikhail Kukushkin

Aljaz Bedene gets by Mikhail Kukushkin 7-6(4) 4-6 6-3 in the 1st round in Belgrade on Monday. Bedene will engage against Fabio Fognini in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 37 minutes. This run will match his most significant achievement in this competition. Here you can see his history at this event.

Bedene
Belgrade
Bedene's Record

Bedene added to his prize money € 3,650 after winning this match. He has won already € 9,380 after this win. If he wins the next match, Aljaz will add € 6,780 to his earnings to get in total € 16,160 in total.

Highlights Aljaz Bedene vs. Mikhail Kukushkin Serbia Open – Belgrade

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Bedene
Kukushkin
Aljaz Bedene
7-64 4-6 6-3
2h:37
Mikhail Kukushkin
107
107
Total points
97
97
41
41
Winners
41
41
38%
38%
Ratio Winners
42%
42%
-- Serve --
10
10
Aces
1
1
5
5
Double Faults
0
0
52%
52%
1st in
71%
71%
76%
76%
1st won
57%
57%
41/54
41/54
1st won
41/72
41/72
59%
59%
2nd won
79%
79%
29/49
29/49
2nd won
23/29
23/29
-- Break Points --
2/8
2/8
Total
2/5
2/5
25%
25%
Won
40%
40%
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At the end of the match, Bedene scored 107 points vs. the Kazakhstani’s 97.

Bedene

Aljaz served exceptionally well to win 76% of the points (41/54) behind his first serve, and he won 59% points (29/49) on his second serve. Aljaz fired 10 aces and he committed 5 double faults. Bedene won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points since he converted only 25% (2/8) of the procured opportunities.

Kukushkin

On the other side, the Kazakhstani had some problems converting his break points (only 40% – 2/5). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this match, the head to head between Bedene and Kukushkin is 2-0 for Aljaz.

Draw and next match H2H: Aljaz Bedene vs. Fabio Fognini – stats

Bedene will face Fognini in the 2nd round.

This will be the 10th time that Aljaz Bedene and Fabio Fognini play each other. The head to head is 8-1 for Fognini (see full H2H stats), 7-1 on clay.

The last time that they competed against each other, Fognini won 7-5 6-3 in the 1st round in Rio de Janeiro back in 2016.

Aljaz Bedene Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. Finally, Aljaz won the breaker at 7-4.

Tiebreak

The Slovenian won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (3-1), 8th (5-3) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, the Kazakhstani won 2 minibreaks in the 3rd (1-2) and 6th (3-3) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4

Bedene was unable to convert any of the 4 conquered break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 7th (3-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Kukushkin wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 4th game (2-1 40-A).

They contested 95 points. Bedene conquered the set after winning 5 more points than the Kazakhstani (50-45). Bedene dropped 14 points on serve (32-14). Regarding the other side of the net, Mikhail conceded 18 points on serve (31-18).

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Bedene came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Mikhail Kukushkin in the 1st game (1-0). That break defined the set and it was sufficient for the Kazakhstani to win the set (6-4) as no one dropped a serve anymore.

Kukushkin was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 1st game (0-0 40-A). On the other side, the Slovenian was on the money in converting all his break points in the 2nd game (0-1 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 57 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Mikhail won just 3 points more than the Slovenian (30-27). Kukushkin conceded 8 points on serve (22-8). In addition, on the other side, Bedene conceded 8 points on serve (19-8).

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Aljaz won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, Bedene broke back in the 6th (3-3) and in the 8th (5-3) game to win the set 6-3.

The Kazakhstani was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 1-3 to 6-3.

The Slovenian was spot on in converting all his break points in the 5th (2-3 15-40) and the 8th game (4-3 30-40). On the other side, the Kazakhstani converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 9th game (3-5 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 52 points. The Slovenian was the one to win the set after conquering 8 points more than Mikhail (30-22). Bedene surrendered 11 points on serve (19-11). On the other side, Kukushkin conceded 11 points on serve (11-11).

 

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