Mikhail Kukushkin and Gabriel Decamps will square off in the 2^nd round of the Nur-Sultan Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 4:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mikhail Kukushkin who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Mikhail Kukushkin is the pick to win this match.
Mikhail Kukushkin -> 1.31
Gabriel Decamps -> 3.45

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Prediction and head to head Mikhail Kukushkin vs. Gabriel Decamps

There is no head to head record between Mikhail Kukushkin and Gabriel Decamps since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Mikhail Kukushkin

Ranked no. 213, the Kazakhstani got to the 2^nd round after defeating Lucas Catarina 6-1 6-1

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In the 1^st round, Mikhail had a good straight sets win against Catarina (6-1 6-1). During the match, Kukushkin scored 57 points vs Catarina’s 29. Kukushkin was exceptionally aggressive to blast 15 winners.

Regarding the service games, Kukushkin blasted 2 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults. Mikhail Kukushkin was extremely effective on serve to win 71% (15/21) of his 1st serve and 78% (14/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Kukushkin broke Catarina 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).

Kukushkin has a positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 53% of his matches (278-243). 13-5 on hard in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kukushkin has an aggregate 129-93 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

The Kazakhstani has a composed 23-16 win-loss record in 2022, 13-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the The Nur-Sultan Challenger

Gabriel Decamps

Ranked no. 328, the Brazilian got to the 2^nd round after defeating Ivan Liutarevich 2-6 6-3 6-4.

In the 1^st round against Liutarevich, Gabriel recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-3 6-4). During the match Decamps and Liutarevich scored the same amount of points (85). However, the world no. 213 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Gabriel was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Talking about serving, Decamps struck 4 aces and he was not very steady on his 2nd serve to score 10 double faults. Gabriel Decamps lost the serve 3 times. Furthermore, Decamps put 44% of his first serves in, winning 85% (29/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (21/44) on the 2nd serve. Gabriel broke Liutarevich 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).

The Brazilian’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in M25 Vilnius and M25 Vale do Lobo.

Gabriel has a composed 24-18 win-loss record in 2022, 13-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Kukushkin	Decamps
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	14	27
Pts	57-29	85-85
Total Points	86	170
Winners	15	29
%Winners	26%	34%

Both Kukushkin and Decamps played 1 match. At the moment, Gabriel Decamps surrendered 1 set while Mikhail Kukushkin hasn’t dropped a set so far. Kukushkin has played 1 set(s) less than Decamps (2 vs 3). Therefore, Kukushkin played 13 games less than Decamps. Mikhail scored 15 winners (26% of the total points). On the other side, Gabriel bagged 29 winners (34%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Kukushkin	Decamps
Aces	2	4
Avg per match	2	4
1st in	21/39	34/78
%1st in	54%	44%
1st pts	15/21	29/34
%1st pts	71%	85%
2nd pts	14/18	21/44
%2nd pts	78%	48%

Kukushkin struck 2 aces . Decamps fired 4 aces . Kukushkin won 71% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 78% of the points. On the other side, Decamps won 85% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Kukushkin	Decamps
Won	5	3
Converted	5/10	3/9
% Converted	50%	33%
Conceded	0	3
Saved	0	0
% Saved	0%	0%
Times Broken	0	3

Kukushkin broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Kukushkin extremely effective on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 0 break points. Gabriel broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. Decamps conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.

Kukushkin
	R1 Catarina	Total
Score	6-1 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	14	14
pts	57-29	57-29
Total points	86	86
Winners	15	15
%Winners	26%	26%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	21/39	21/39
% 1st in	54%	54%
1st pts	15/21	15/21
% 1st pts	71%	71%
2nd pts	14/18	14/18
% 2nd pts	78%	78%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/10	5/10
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	0	0
Saved	0/0	0
Saved %	–	0%
Times Broken	0	0

Decamps
	R1 Liutarevich	Total
Score	2-6 6-3 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	27	27
pts	85-85	85-85
Total points	170	170
Winners	29	29
%Winners	34%	34%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	10	10
1st in	34/78	34/78
% 1st in	44%	44%
1st pts	29/34	29/34
% 1st pts	85%	85%
2nd pts	21/44	21/44
% 2nd pts	48%	48%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/9	3/9
Converted %	33%	33%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	0/3	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	3	3

Tennis Scores in Sultan Challenger

• Denis IstominIstomin – Yan BondarevskiyBondarevskiy (6-3 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Dmitry PopkoPopko – Jose StathamStatham (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Yanki ErelErel – Prajnesh GunneswaranGunneswaran (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy – Andrew PaulsonPaulson (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Alafia AyeniAyeni – Dostanbek TashbulatovTashbulatov (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
• Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy – Dominik PalanPalan (6-2 7-6³) – See score progression
• Daniel CukiermanCukierman – Jay ClarkeClarke (6-1 5-3 ret.) – See score progression
• Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Shintaro ImaiImai (7-6³ 6-1) – See score progression
• Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Seong Chan HongChan Hong (6-2 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Ji Sung NamSung Nam – Timofey SkatovSkatov (7-6⁴ 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
• David PoljakPoljak – Akira SantillanSantillan (3-6 7-6⁷ 6-4) – See score progression
• Gabriel DecampsDecamps – Ivan LiutarevichLiutarevich (2-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Lucas CatarinaCatarina (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Benjamin LockLock – Sergey FominFomin (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Alibek KachmazovKachmazov (6-3 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Illya MarchenkoMarchenko – Grigoriy LomakinLomakin (6-3 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Illya MarchenkoMarchenko – Denis IstominIstomin (4-6) – H2H and prediction
• Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Benjamin LockLock – Ji Sung NamSung Nam (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• David PoljakPoljak – Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Dmitry PopkoPopko – Yanki ErelErel (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Alafia AyeniAyeni (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Gabriel DecampsDecamps – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Daniel CukiermanCukierman (0-0) – H2H and prediction