TENNIS SCORES. Alexei Popyrin surprises Kukushkin in the 2nd round in New York

U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK. Popyrin upsets Kukushkin to come up against Matteo Berrettini in the 3rd round

Prediction and head to head Alexei Popyrin vs. Mikhail Kukushkin

Alexei Popyrin stuns Mikhail Kukushkin 2-6 7-5 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in New York on Thursday. Popyrin will play Matteo Berrettini in the 3rd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Kukushkin started the set in the best possible way after breaking Popyrin in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Mikhail extended his lead after breaking Popyrin in the 3rd (3-0) game before managing to win the set (6-2).

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

2nd set.

Popyrin commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Kukushkin in the 2nd game (2-0). Nevertheless, that was not enough for Alexei to win the set because Kukushkin found the way to break back in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 5th (3-2) game. Popyrin maintained his cool to break Mikhail in the 10th (5-5) and in the 12th (7-5) game.

The Kazakhstani was not able to offer any resistance in the last 4 games of the set (from 3-5 to 7-5).

Nonetheless also the Kazakhstani won 4 consecutive games from 0-2 to 4-2

3rd set.

Popyrin conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Kukushkin in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Yet, there was more work to do for the Australian to win the set since Kukushkin found the way to break back in the 7th (3-4) game. Alexei maintained his cool to break Mikhail in the 8th (5-3) game before managing to win the set (6-3).

4th set.

Popyrin in this set played a much better tennis than Kukushkin and therefore he won 6-2 after breaking Kukushkin in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.

Mikhail was outplayed in the last 5 games of the set (from 1-2 to 6-2).

Statistics

After this encounter, the head to head between Popyrin and Kukushkin is 1-0 for Alexei.

Highlights Alexei Popyrin vs. Mikhail Kukushkin U.S. Open – New York

Next Match: Alexei Popyrin vs. Matteo Berrettini – stats

Popyrin will face Berrettini in the 3rd round.

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

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