Stefanos Tsitsipas bests Kukushkin in the 1st round of the Astana Open. HIGHLIGHTS – ASTANA RESULTS

ASTANA OPEN - ASTANA DRAW AND RESULTS. Tsitsipas victorious over Kukushkin to face Luca Nardi in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Mikhail Kukushkin

Stefanos Tsitsipas wins against Mikhail Kukushkin 6-3 6-4 in the 1st round in Astana on Tuesday. Tsitsipas will square off with Luca Nardi in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 23 minutes.

Tsitsipas
Astana
Tsitsipas's Record

The Greek added to his prize money $ 12,965 after winning this match. He has won already $ 27,785 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Greek will add $ 24,275 to his earnings to get in total $ 52,060 in total.

Highlights Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Mikhail Kukushkin Astana Open – Astana

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Tsitsipas
Kukushkin
Stefanos Tsitsipas
6-3 6-4
1h:23
Mikhail Kukushkin
64
64
Total points
48
48
36
36
Winners
24
24
56%
56%
Ratio Winners
50%
50%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
2
2
1
1
Double Faults
0
0
79%
79%
1st in
61%
61%
82%
82%
1st won
71%
71%
36/44
36/44
1st won
24/34
24/34
50%
50%
2nd won
45%
45%
6/12
6/12
2nd won
10/22
10/22
-- Break Points --
2/8
2/8
Total
0/0
0/0
25%
25%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, Tsitsipas scored 64 points vs. the Kazakhstani’s 48.

Tsitsipas

Tsitsipas served extremely well to win 82% of the points (36/44) behind his first serve, and he won 50% points (6/12) on his second serve. Tsitsipas 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, Kukushkin wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this contest, the head to head between Tsitsipas and Kukushkin is 5-0 for Stefanos.

Draw and next match H2H: Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Luca Nardi – stats

Tsitsipas will face Nardi in the 2nd round.

There is no head to head record between Stefanos Tsitsipas and Luca Nardi since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Stefanos Tsitsipas Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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TsitsipasKukushkin
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0
0
K
0
0

Tsitsipas had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Mikhail Kukushkin in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Tsitsipas to win the set (6-3) as there were no other breaks.

Tsitsipas converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 2nd game (1-0 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Tsitsipas didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 49 points. Stefanos won 9 points more than Mikhail (29-20). Tsitsipas dropped 7 points on serve (21-7). on the other side of the net, Kukushkin conceded 8 points on serve (13-8).

2nd Set -
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0
0
0
0

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Tsitsipas conquered in the 7th game (4-3) before ultimately winning the set (6-4).

The Greek wasted a good opportunity to break the Kazakhstani in the 3rd game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Stefanos converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (2-2 30-40) and the 7th game (3-3 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the Greek didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 63 points. The Greek conquered the set after winning 7 points more than the Kazakhstani (35-28). The Greek surrendered 7 points on serve (21-7). Regarding the other side of the net, Mikhail conceded 14 points on serve (21-14).

 

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