TENNIS SCORES CINCINNATI. Great Mannarino grounds Kukushkin in the 2nd round in Cincinnati

WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN - CINCINNATI. Mannarino brushes past Kukushkin to fight against David Goffin in the 3rd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Adrian Mannarino vs. Mikhail Kukushkin

Adrian Mannarino breezes past Mikhail Kukushkin 6-1 6-3 in the 2nd round in Cincinnati on Wednesday after playing a remarkable match to clash against David Goffin in the 3rd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Mannarino had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Kukushkin in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Mannarino managed to strengthen his lead after breaking Mikhail in the 3rd (3-0) and in the 7th (6-1) game before winning the set.

A crucial moment of the match was when Adrian won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.

2nd set.

Mannarino was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Kukushkin in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. However, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Adrian to win the set because Kukushkin managed to break back in the 5th (1-4) game.

A crucial moment of the match was when Adrian won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.

Statistics

At the end of the match, the French Player scored 62 points vs. the Kazakhstani’s 43 points.

The French Player served pretty well to win 77% of the points (20/26) behind his first serve, and he won 53% points (16/30) on his second serve. Mannarino was pretty focused in converting 56% of the break points that he procured (5/9). On the other side, Kukushkin was not so effective in converting his break points because he converted only 14% of his break points (1/7). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this contest, the head to head between Mannarino and Kukushkin is 3-0 for Adrian.

Next Match: Adrian Mannarino vs. David Goffin – H2H and stats

Mannarino will compete against Goffin in the 3rd round.

This will be the 6th time that Adrian Mannarino and David Goffin fight against each other. The head to head is 4-1 for Goffin (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Mannarino won 4-6 7-5 6-3 in the quarter in S hertogenbosch back in June 2019.