TENNIS SCORES. Mikhail Kukushkin stuns Bautista-Agut in the 1st round of the U.S. Open

Mikhail Kukushkin surprises Roberto Bautista Agut 3-6 6-1 6-4 3-6 6-3 in the 1^st round in New York on Tuesday. Kukushkin will play against Alexei Popyrin in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

The set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that the Spaniard conquered in the 4^th game (3-1) before winning the set (6-3).

2^nd set.

Kukushkin didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Bautista-Agut in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Mikhail extended his lead after breaking Roberto in the 4^th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).

A crucial moment of the match was when Kukushkin won 5 consecutive games in the 2^nd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.

3^rd set.

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the Kazakhstani conquered in the 5^th game (3-2) before winning the set (6-4).

4^th set.

Bautista-Agut had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Kukushkin in the 2^nd game (2-0). Nonetheless, that was not enough for Bautista-Agut to win the set because the Kazakhstani found the way to break back in the 3^rd (1-2) game. Bautista-Agut maintained his cool to break the Kazakhstani in the 4^th (3-1) game before winning the set (6-3).

5^th set.

Kukushkin won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 3^rd (1-2) and in the 5^th (2-3) game. The Kazakhstani broke back 3 times in the 4^th (2-2), in the 6^th (3-3) and in the 8^th (5-3) game before winning the set 6-3.

Bautista-Agut was powerless in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-3 to 6-3).

Statistics

Mikhail won this match even if he scored less points than Roberto (135 vs. 136).

Kukushkin didn’t lose the focus when converting 70% of the break points that he conquered (7/10). On the other side, Bautista-Agut was effective in converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (5/10). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this encounter, the head to head between Kukushkin and Bautista-Agut is 1-3 for Roberto.

Next Match: Mikhail Kukushkin vs. Alexei Popyrin – stats

Kukushkin will face Popyrin in the 2^nd round.

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

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