In Rome, Italy, the "Masters" series tournament is taking place. Kazakhstani tennis player Mikhail Kukushkin competed in the second round (final) of the qualifying round.
In the match to advance to the main draw of the "thousand" in Rome, Mikhail Kukushkin (ATP No. 134) lost to Argentine Diego Schwartzman (ATP No. 142) with a score of 6:4, 2:6, 3:6. In their head-to-head confrontation, the Kazakhstani player is behind with a score of 2:3.
The duration of the match was almost three hours (2:50). During this time, our player served two aces, made one double fault, and converted two out of four break points.
Earlier in the qualifying match, Kukushkin defeated Cristian Garin (ATP No. 100, Chile) with a score of 5:7, 7:6, 7:6.
